Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.

New American Standard Bible

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.

King James Version

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

Holman Bible

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd; they became food for all the wild animals when they were scattered.

International Standard Version

"Since they have no shepherd, they have been scattered around and have become prey for all sorts of wild animals. How scattered they are!

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

They were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the predators of the field.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And they will be scattered from Without a shepherd: and they will be for consuming to all the beasts of the field, and they will be scattered.

King James 2000

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they were scattered {without} a shepherd, and they were as food for all the animals of the field [when] they were scattered.

Modern King James verseion

And they were scattered for lack of a shepherd. And they became food to all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thus are they scattered here and there without a shepherd: yea, all the beasts of the field devour them, and they go astray.

NET Bible

They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; And they became food for every wild beast of the field. So were they scattered.

Webster

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אכלה 
'oklah 
Usage: 18

to all the beasts
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

of the field
שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Prophecy Concerning Israel's Shepherds And Sheep

4 You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly. 5 And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field. 6 And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

Cross References

Matthew 9:36

But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

1 Kings 22:17

Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.

2 Chronicles 18:16

Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.

Isaiah 56:9

All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood.

Jeremiah 23:2

So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.

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;

Numbers 27:17

To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

Jeremiah 12:9-12

My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.

Jeremiah 50:6-7

My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.

Ezekiel 33:21

Now in the twelfth year after we had been taken away prisoners, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had got away in flight from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The town has been taken.

Ezekiel 33:28

And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through.

Ezekiel 34:6

And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

Ezekiel 34:28

And their goods will no longer be taken by the nations, and they will not again be food for the beasts of the earth; but they will be living safely and no one will be a cause of fear to them.

Zechariah 10:2-3

For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.

Zechariah 13:7

Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

John 10:2

He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.

Acts 20:29-31

I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

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