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The Good Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:15

In 11 translations

BSB
I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
KJV
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
WEB
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord Yahweh.
ASV
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.
LSV
I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, || A declaration of Lord YHWH.
YLT
I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
DBY
I will myself feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.
DRC
I will feed my sheep: and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
GNV
I will feede my sheepe, and bring them to their rest, sayth the Lord God.
JPS
I will feed My sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
LXXE
I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to rest; and they shall know that I am the Lord: thus saith the Lord God.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֲנִ֨י אֶרְעֶ֤ה צֹאנִי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אַרְבִּיצֵ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγὼ βοσκήσω τὰ πρόβατά μου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀναπαύσω αὐτὰ, καὶ γνώσονται ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος· τάδε λέγει Κύριος Κύριος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 23:1–2The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
  • Jeremiah 3:15Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
  • John 21:15When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
  • Ezekiel 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
  • Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
  • Isaiah 11:6–7The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. The cow will graze with the bear, their young will…
  • Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
  • Hosea 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will…
  • Song of Songs 1:7–8Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the…
  • Isaiah 65:9–10And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there. Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting…

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