Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
Holman Bible
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!”
International Standard Version
"How terrible for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.
A Conservative Version
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says LORD.
American Standard Version
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“Woe to the shepherds (civil leaders, rulers) who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.
Julia Smith Translation
Wo to the shepherds destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture! says Jehovah.
King James 2000
Woe be unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Woe [to the] shepherds who destroy and scatter the flock of my pasture," {declares} Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe be unto the shepherds, that destroy and scatter my flock," sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
The Lord says, "The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.
New Heart English Bible
"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture." says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Alas for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture Declareth Yahweh.
Webster
Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
World English Bible
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 23:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woe To The Evil Shepherds
1 Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah. 2 Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock,and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not sought Jehovah; therefore have they not acted wisely, and all their flock is scattered.
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handled the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Isaiah 56:9-12
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, all ye beasts in the forest.
Jeremiah 22:22
The wind shall feed on all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity; surely, then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
Jeremiah 50:6
My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they turned them away on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.
Ezekiel 13:3
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
Ezekiel 34:2-10
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy; and say unto them, unto the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the shepherds of Israel that feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?
Zechariah 11:15-17
And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
John 10:12
but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.
Jeremiah 2:26
As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets --
Jeremiah 12:10
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:
Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock,and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 23:11-15
For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 25:34-36
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the dust, noble ones of the flock: for the days of your slaughter are accomplished, and I will disperse you; and ye shall fall like a precious vessel.
Ezekiel 22:25-29
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;
Ezekiel 34:21
Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak ones with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad,
Ezekiel 34:31
And ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men: I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Micah 3:11-12
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
Zephaniah 3:3-4
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.
Zechariah 11:5-7
whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.
Matthew 9:36
But when he saw the crowds he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not having a shepherd.
Matthew 15:14
Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.
Matthew 23:13-29
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.
Luke 11:42-52
But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.
John 10:10
The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.