The Good Shepherd
Ezekiel 34:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
- KJV
- ¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
- WEB
- “‘For the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
- ASV
- For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
- LSV
- For thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I—even I, have required My flock, || And I have sought it out.
- YLT
- For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I — even I, have required My flock, And I have sought it out.
- DBY
- For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I, [even] I, will both search for my sheep, and tend them.
- DRC
- For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them.
- GNV
- For thus sayeth the Lord God, Beholde, I will search my sheepe, and seeke them out.
- JPS
- For thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, here am I, and I will search for My sheep, and seek them out.
- LXXE
- For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will seek out my sheep, and will visit them.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- כִּ֛י כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הִנְנִי־אָ֕נִי וְדָרַשְׁתִּ֥י אֶת־צֹאנִ֖י וּבִקַּרְתִּֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Διότι τάδε λέγει Κύριος Κύριος, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐκζητήσω τὰ πρόβατά μου, καὶ ἐπισκέψομαι αὐτά.
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 10:16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
- Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- Isaiah 40:10–11Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him. He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them…
- Jeremiah 23:3Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
- Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
- Psalms 80:1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- Isaiah 56:8Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
- Isaiah 45:12It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
- Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
- Matthew 13:11–12He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will…
- Psalms 23:1–3The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
- Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
- Ezekiel 5:8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
- Isaiah 48:15I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
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