I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh.
Parallel translations
- KJV I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
- BSB I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
- NKJV I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God.
- NASB I Myself will feed My flock and I Myself will lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God.
- NLT I myself will tend my sheep and give them a place to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign Lord.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 23:1–2A Psalm by David. Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
- Jer 3:15I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
- John 21:15So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
- Ezek 34:23I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
- Zeph 3:13The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.”
- Isa 11:6–7The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
- Isa 65:9–10I will bring offspring out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains. My chosen will inherit it, and my servants will dwell there.
- Isa 27:10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.
- Song 1:7–8Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
- Hos 2:18In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.
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