Ezekiel 34:5

In 11 translations

BSB

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

KJV

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.because…: or, without a shepherd

WEB

They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.

ASV

And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

LSV

And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, || And are for food to every beast of the field, || Indeed, they are scattered.

YLT

And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.

DBY

And they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

DRC

And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd: and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

GNV

And they were scattered without a shepherde: and when they were dispersed, they were deuoured of all the beastes of the fielde.

JPS

So were they scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

LXXE

And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field.

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WLC

וַתְּפוּצֶ֖ינָה מִבְּלִ֣י רֹעֶ֑ה וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה לְאָכְלָ֛ה לְכָל־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וַתְּפוּצֶֽינָה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ διεσπάρη τὰ πρόβατά μου, διὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ποιμένας, καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰς κατάβρωμα πᾶσι τοῖς θηρίοις τοῦ ἀγροῦ.

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• Matthew 9:36When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
• 2 Chronicles 18:16So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
• Jeremiah 23:2Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the…
• Ezekiel 34:8‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
• 1 Kings 22:17So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
• Acts 20:29–31I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. Therefore be alert…
• Isaiah 56:9Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
• Zechariah 10:2–3For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd. “My anger burns against the shepherds, and I…
• Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
• Jeremiah 12:9–12Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her. Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they…
• John 10:2But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
• Ezekiel 33:28I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.
• Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• Ezekiel 33:21In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
• Ezekiel 34:6My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
• Ezekiel 34:28They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

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