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The LORD Is My Shepherd

Psalms 23:2

In 11 translations

BSB
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
KJV
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.green…: Heb. pastures of tender grassstill…: Heb. waters of quietness
WEB
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
ASV
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.
LSV
He causes me to lie down in pastures of tender grass, || He leads me by quiet waters.
YLT
In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.
DBY
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.
DRC22:2
He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment:
GNV
He maketh me to rest in greene pasture, and leadeth me by the still waters.
JPS
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.
LXXE22:2
In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: he has nourished me by the water of rest.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בִּנְא֣וֹת דֶּ֭שֶׁא יַרְבִּיצֵ֑נִי עַל־מֵ֖י מְנֻח֣וֹת יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃
LXX-Br22:2
Εἰς τόπον χλόης ἐκεῖ με κατεσκήνωσεν· ἐπὶ ὕδατος ἀναπαύσεως ἐξέθρεψέ με·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
  • Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
  • Ezekiel 34:13–14I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land. I will…
  • Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
  • Revelation 21:6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
  • Isaiah 30:23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
  • Isaiah 49:9–10to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill. They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun…
  • Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
  • Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
  • Isaiah 8:6“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 22:2 in some Bibles
  • 23:2 in most Bibles

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