Ezekiel 34:11
For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Ezekiel 34:11 in other translations
| BSB | For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. |
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| WEB | “‘For the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. |
| ASV | For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. |
| YLT | For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I--even I, have required My flock, And I have sought it out. |
| DARBY | For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and tend them. |
| BBE | For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep. |
| Webster | For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out. |
What does Ezekiel 34:11 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 34:7-16
The Lord declared that he intended mercy towards the scattered flock. Doubtless this, in the first place, had reference to the restoration of the Jews. It also represented the good Shepherd's tender care of the souls of his people. He finds them in their days of darkness and ignorance, and brings them to his fold. He comes to their relief in times of persecution and temptation. He leads them in the ways of…
Ezekiel 34:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 34:11
- Luke 19:10
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
- John 10:16
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
- Isaiah 40:10-11
Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Jeremiah 23:3
And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
- Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
- Isaiah 45:12
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
- Psalms 80:1
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
- Isaiah 56:8
The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
- Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Psalms 23:1-3
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- Matthew 13:11-12
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
- Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
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- Ezekiel 34:10
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
- Ezekiel 34:11
For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
- Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Ezekiel 34:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: He aquí, yo, yo requeriré mis ovejas, y las reconoceré. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car, ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: Me voici, moi, et je rechercherai mes brebis, et j’en prendrai soin. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn so spricht der Herr, Jehova: Siehe, ich bin da, und ich will nach meinen Schafen fragen und mich ihrer annehmen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego ipse requiram oves meas, et visitabo eas. |