Luke 2:8

In 9 translations

BSB

And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

KJV

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

WEB

There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

ASV

And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

LSV

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

YLT

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

DBY

And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

DRC

And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night watches over their flock.

GNV

And there were in the same countrey shepheards, abiding in the fielde, and keeping watch by night ouer their flocke.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν.

RP2018

Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν.

SCR1894

και ποιμενες ησαν εν τη χωρα τη αυτη αγραυλουντες και φυλασσοντες φυλακας της νυκτος επι την ποιμνην αυτων

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• Psalms 78:70–71He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
• Genesis 31:39–40I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night. As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep…
• John 10:8–12All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to…
• 1 Samuel 17:34–35David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it…
• 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,
• Exodus 3:1–2Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD…

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