Ezekiel 34:15

Hebrew Names Version

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will tend my flock and let them lie down. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

King James Version
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God .

English Standard Version
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God .

New American Standard Bible
"I Myself will feed My flock and I Myself will lead them to rest," declares the Lord GOD.

New Century Version
I will feed my flock and lead them to rest, says the Lord God .

Amplified Bible
"I will feed My flock and I will let them lie down [to rest]," says the Lord GOD.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I will feede my sheepe, and bring them to their rest, sayth the Lord God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest," declares the Lord GOD.

Legacy Standard Bible
I will shepherd My flock, and I will make them lie down," declares Lord Yahweh.

Berean Standard Bible
I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

Contemporary English Version
I promise to take care of them and keep them safe,

Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, I will pasture my sheep; and I will let them rest" says Adonai Elohim .

Darby Translation
I will myself feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, I will feed my flock, and I will lead them to a place of rest." This is what the Lord God said.

George Lamsa Translation
I myself will feed my sheep and I will cause them to lie down, says the LORD God.

Good News Translation
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will find them a place to rest. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken.

Lexham English Bible
I myself will feed my flock and I myself will allow them to lie down," declares the Lord Yahweh.

Literal Translation
I will feed My sheep, and I will make them lie down, declares the Lord Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I will fede my shepe myselff, and bringe them to their rest, sayeth the LORDE God.

American Standard Version
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
I myself will give food to my flock, and I will give them rest, says the Lord.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will feed My sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

King James Version (1611)
I will feed my flocke, and I will cause them to lie downe, saith the Lord God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll feede my sheepe and bring them to their rest, saith the Lorde God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to rest; and they shall know that I am the Lord: thus saith the Lord God.

English Revised Version
I myself will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal fede my scheep, and Y schal make hem to ligge, seith the Lord God.

Update Bible Version
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

New English Translation
I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord .

New King James Version
I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down," says the Lord GOD.

New Living Translation
I myself will tend my sheep and give them a place to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign Lord .

New Life Bible
I will feed My sheep, and give them rest," says the Lord God.

New Revised Standard
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
myself will tend my flock. And, I, myself will cause them to lie down, Declareth My Lord Yahweh:

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will feed my sheep: and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.

Revised Standard Version
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord GOD.

Young's Literal Translation
I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Contextual Overview

⁷ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: ⁸ As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't fed my sheep; ⁹ therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: ¹⁰ Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them. ¹¹ For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. ¹² As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. ¹³ 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 Yisra'el, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. ¹⁴ I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Yisra'el shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Yisra'el. ¹⁵ I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD. ¹⁶ I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 23:2, Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 1:8, Isaiah 11:6, Isaiah 11:7, Isaiah 27:10, Isaiah 65:9, Isaiah 65:10, Jeremiah 3:15, Hosea 2:18, Zephaniah 3:13, John 21:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 33:13 - the children 2 Samuel 7:7 - feed Psalms 72:4 - He shall judge Proverbs 3:24 - liest Ephesians 5:29 - nourisheth

Cross-References

Galatians 4:12
I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will feed my flock,.... This is repeated for the further confirmation of it, that it might be depended upon that the Lord would feed his people in the manner before promised; and it gives a reason why he would do it, because they were his flock; he had a right unto them, a property in them; they were separated and distinguished from others by him, as the church of God is; and which is also purchased by Christ, and gathered out of the world by his Spirit and grace; and therefore he will feed them, or take care that they shall be fed,

Acts 20:28:

and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord; in the good fold provided for them; where they have both rest and safety, and also plenty of suitable food; Acts 20:28- :. The Targum is,

"I will govern my people, and will cause them to dwell safely, saith the Lord God;''

The Septuagint and Arabic versions add, "and they shall know that I am the Lord".