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Ezekiel 34 Parallel Bible Translations
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BISHOPS Bishops' Bible of 1568 |
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| 1 | And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: | The word of the LORD came to me: | The word of the LORD came to me: | |
| 2 | Thou sonne of man, prophecie against the shepheardes of Israel, prophecie and speake vnto them: thus saith the Lorde God vnto the shepheardes, Wo be vnto the shepheardes of Israel that feede them selues: should not the shepheards feede the flockes? | “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? | “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? | |
| 3 | Ye eate vp the fat, ye clothe you with the wooll, the best fed do ye slay: but the flocke do ye not feede. | You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. | You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. | |
| 4 | The weake haue ye not strengthened, the sicke haue ye not healed, the broken haue ye not bounde together, the dryuen away haue ye not brought againe, the lost haue ye not sought: but with force and crueltie haue ye ruled them. | The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them. | You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. | |
| 5 | They are scattered without a shephearde, yea all the beastes of the fielde deuour them, and they go astray. | So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; | So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. | |
| 6 | My sheepe go wandring vpon al mountaines, and vpon euery hie hill, yea my flocke is scattered through all the face of the earth, and there is no man that seeketh or searcheth after them. | they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them. | My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them. | |
| 7 | Therefore O ye shepheardes, heare the worde of the Lorde. | “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: | “’Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: | |
| 8 | As truely as I lyue saith the Lorde God, forsomuch as my sheepe are robbed, & deuoured of all the wylde beastes of the fielde, hauing no shepheard, and seeing that my shepheardes seke not my sheepe, but the shepheardes feede them selues, and feede not my sheepe: | As I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep, | As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, | |
| 9 | Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde O ye shepheardes, | therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: | therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: | |
| 10 | Thus saith the Lorde God: beholde, I wyll vpon the shepheardes, and require my sheepe from their handes, and make them ceasse from feeding of the sheepe, yea the shepheardes shall feede them selues no more: for I wyll deliuer my sheepe out of their mouthes, so that they shall not deuour them after this. | Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them. | This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them. | |
| 11 | For thus saith the Lorde God: behold, I euen I wyll loke to my sheepe my selfe, and seeke them out. | “For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. | “’For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. | |
| 12 | Lyke as a shephearde when he hath ben among the flocke, seeketh after the sheepe that are scattered abroade: euen so wyll I seeke after my sheepe, and deliuer them out of all places where they haue ben scattered, in the cloudie and darke day. | As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. | As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. | |
| 13 | I wyll bring them out from the people, and gather them together out of the landes, I wyl bring them into their owne lande, and feede them vpon the mountaines of Israel, by the riuers and in all the places of the countrey. | And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. | I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. | |
| 14 | I wyll feede them in right good pastures, and vpon the hie mountaines of Israel shall their foldes be: there shall they lye in a good folde, and in a fat pasture shall they feede, euen vpon the mountaines of Israel. | I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. | I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. | |
| 15 | I wyll feede my sheepe and bring them to their rest, saith the Lorde God. | I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. | I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD. | |
| 16 | Such as be lost, wyll I seeke: such as are driuen away, wyll I bring againe: such as be broken, wyl I binde vp: such as be weake, wyll I make strong: such as be fat and strong, those wyll I roote out, and feede them with iudgement. | I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice. | I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. | |
| 17 | And as for you O my sheepe, saith the Lorde God, I wyll iudge betweene cattaile & cattaile, betweene the rammes and the goates. | “As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats. | “’As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. | |
| 18 | Seemeth it a smal thing to you to haue eaten vp the good pasture, and to treade downe the residue of your pasture with your feete also? to drinke the deepe waters, and to trouble the rest also with your feete? | Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet? | Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? | |
| 19 | Thus my sheepe must be faine to eate the thing that ye haue troden downe with your feete, and to drinke it that ye with your feete haue defiled. | And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet? | Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet? | |
| 20 | Therefore thus saith the Lorde God vnto them: Beholde I euen I wyll iudge betweene the fat cattaile and the leane cattaile, | “Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. | “’Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. | |
| 21 | Forsomuch as with side and shoulder ye haue shoued, and with your hornes haue pushed all the weake, till ye haue scattered them abroade. | Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad, | Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, | |
| 22 | I wyll saue my sheepe, so that they shal no more be spoyled, yea I wil iudge betweene cattaile and cattaile. | I will rescue my flock; they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep. | I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. | |
| 23 | I wyll set vp ouer them a shepheard, and he shall feede them, euen my seruaunt Dauid, he shall feede them, & he shalbe their shepheard. | And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. | I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. | |
| 24 | And I the Lorde wyll be their God, and my seruaunt Dauid shalbe their prince: euen I the Lorde haue spoken it. | And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the LORD; I have spoken. | I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the LORD have spoken. | |
| 25 | Moreouer I wyll make a couenaunt of peace with them, & cause euil beastes to ceasse out of the lande: so that they may dwell safely in the wildernesse, and sleepe in the woods. | “I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. | “’I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. | |
| 26 | And I wyll set them as a blessing euen rounde about my hill, and I wyll cause raine to come downe in due season, and there shalbe raine of blessing. | And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. | I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. | |
| 27 | And the tree of the fielde shal yeelde her fruite, and the earth shall geue her encrease: they shalbe safe in their lande, and shall knowe that I am the Lorde, when I haue broke the bondes of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the handes of those that serued them selues of them. | And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them. | The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. | |
| 28 | They shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, nor deuoured with the beastes of the lande: but safely shall they dwel, and no man shall fray them. | They shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them. They shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid. | They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. | |
| 29 | And I wil raise vp for them a plant of renowme, and they shalbe no more clungd with hunger in the lande, neither beare the reproche of the heathen any more. | And I will provide for them renowned plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations. | I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. | |
| 30 | Thus shall they vnderstand that I the Lorde their God am with them, and that they, euen the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lorde God: | And they shall know that I am the LORD their God with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Lord GOD. | Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign LORD. | |
| 31 | And ye my sheepe, the sheepe of my pasture, are men: and I am your God, saith the Lorde God. | And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD.” | You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign LORD.’” | |
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