Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For thus says lord LORD: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
New American Standard Bible
For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will
King James Version
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Holman Bible
“For this is what the Lord God says: See, I Myself will search for My flock and look for them.
International Standard Version
"This is what the LORD says: "Watch me! I'm going to search for my flock. I'll watch over them myself.
American Standard Version
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
Amplified
For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
Bible in Basic English
For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.
Darby Translation
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and tend them.
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me. I also sought my sheep, and I searched them out.
King James 2000
For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I, even I, will seek my flock, and I will look after them,
Modern King James verseion
For so says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will look to my sheep myself, and seek them.
NET Bible
"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.
New Heart English Bible
"'For thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
The Emphasized Bible
For Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh,- Here am I myself Therefore will I inquire after my flock and seek them out:
Webster
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.
World English Bible
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I -- even I, have required My flock, And I have sought it out.
Themes
Following » Who follows the lord
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 34:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prophecy Concerning Israel's Shepherds And Sheep
10 Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep. Neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more, and I will deliver my sheep f 11 For thus says lord LORD: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock, in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep, and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Names
Cross References
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
Genesis 6:17
And I, behold, I bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
Leviticus 26:28
then I will walk contrary to you in wrath, and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
Psalm 23:1-3
LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Psalm 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who lead Joseph like a flock. Thou who sit [above] the cherubim, shine forth.
Psalm 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
Isaiah 40:10-11
Behold, lord LORD will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Isaiah 45:12
I have made the earth, and created man upon it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded.
Isaiah 48:15
I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him. I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are thou, that thou are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass,
Isaiah 56:8
Lord LORD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, Yet I will gather to him, besides his own who are gathered.
Jeremiah 23:3
And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the outermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind man and the lame man, the woman with child, and she who travails with child together. They shall ret
Ezekiel 5:8
therefore thus says lord LORD: Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
Ezekiel 6:3
and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of lord LORD. Thus says lord LORD to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your hig
Hosea 5:14
For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away, I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
Matthew 13:11-12
And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.
John 10:16
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will hear my voice. And there will become one flock, one shepherd.