Ezekiel 34:5
What does Ezekiel 34:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 34:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
Context
v.4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.
v.5This passage
v.6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 20:29
I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
- Ezekiel 33:21
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
- Ezekiel 34:28
And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.
- Jeremiah 50:6
My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.
- Ezekiel 33:28
And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.
- Ezekiel 34:6
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.
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