Parallel Verses
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.
Darby Translation
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
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
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Cross References
Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit.
Isaiah 56:9-12
All you beasts of the field, come to devour-- all you beasts in the forest.
Jeremiah 22:22
The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; then you will be ashamed and confounded because of all your evil.
Jeremiah 50:6
"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.
Ezekiel 13:3
Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
Ezekiel 34:2-10
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
Zechariah 11:15-17
Then the LORD said to me, "Take once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
John 10:12
He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
Jeremiah 2:26
"As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets,
Jeremiah 12:10
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 23:11-15
"Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 25:34-36
"Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
Ezekiel 22:25-29
The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.
Ezekiel 34:21
Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,
Ezekiel 34:31
And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD."
Micah 3:11-12
Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, "Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us."
Zephaniah 3:3-4
Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
Zechariah 11:5-7
Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, I have become rich,' and their own shepherds have no pity on them.
Matthew 9:36
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 15:14
Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."
Luke 11:42-52
"But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.