Luke 2:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.”
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“And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 2:8 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:39I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
- Exodus 3:1Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- 1 Samuel 17:34David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
- Psalms 78:70He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
- Ezekiel 34:8‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
- John 10:8All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
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