Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.
New American Standard Bible
In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.
King James Version
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Holman Bible
In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.
International Standard Version
In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, watching their flock during the night.
A Conservative Version
And there were shepherds in the same region living in the fields, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
American Standard Version
And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
Amplified
In the same region there were shepherds staying out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.
An Understandable Version
Now there were [some] shepherds in that region who were living in the fields and guarding their flocks [of sheep] at night.
Anderson New Testament
And there were in the same country shepherds, living in the open field, and guarding their flock by night.
Common New Testament
And in that region there were shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Daniel Mace New Testament
In that country there were shepherds lying in the open fields, taking their turns to watch the stock in the night;
Darby Translation
And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
Godbey New Testament
And the shepherds were in that country, tenting out and keeping guard over their flock by night.
Goodspeed New Testament
There were some shepherds in that neighborhood keeping watch through the night over their flock in the open fields.
John Wesley New Testament
And there were in the same country shepherds, lying out in the field, and keeping watch over their flock by night.
Julia Smith Translation
And shepherds were in the country, sleeping in the fields, and watching over their flock the watches of the night.
King James 2000
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And there were shepherds in the same region, living out of doors and keeping watch, guarding over their flock by night.
Modern King James verseion
And in the same country there were shepherds living in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there were in the same region shepherds abiding in the field, and watching their flock by night.
Moffatt New Testament
There were some shepherds in the district who were out in the fields keeping guard over their flocks by night;
Montgomery New Testament
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
NET Bible
Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.
New Heart English Bible
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
Noyes New Testament
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, and keeping watch over their flock by night.
Sawyer New Testament
And there were shepherds in that country staying in the fields and watching their flock by night.
The Emphasized Bible
And there were, shepherds, in the same country, dwelling in the fields, and keeping the watches of the night over their flock.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And there were shepherds in that country abiding in the open air, and keeping guard over their flock by night.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In that same country-side were shepherds out in the open fields, watching their flocks that night,
Webster
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Weymouth New Testament
Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,
Williams New Testament
Now there were some shepherds in the same neighborhood, living in the open fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.
World English Bible
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
Worrell New Testament
And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
Worsley New Testament
And there were in the same country shepherds out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night: and lo,
Youngs Literal Translation
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,
Themes
Angel (a spirit) » Functions of » Announces the birth of jesus
Jesus Christ » History of » Angels appear to the shepherds (in the vicinity of bethlehem)
Night » Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during
Shepherd » One who cares for flocks of sheep
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Watching over them by night
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 2:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Shepherds And The Angels
7 And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house. 8 And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them.
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Cross References
Genesis 31:39-40
Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.
Ezekiel 34:8
By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;
John 10:8-12
All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.
Exodus 3:1-2
Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
1 Samuel 17:34-35
And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
Psalm 78:70-71
He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;