Jeremiah 23:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I will set shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking, says the LORD.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    I will appoint shepherds over them who will care for them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any be missing, declares the LORD.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will set up{H6965} shepherds{H7462} over them, who shall feed{H7462} them; and they shall fear{H3372} no more, nor be dismayed,{H2865} neither shall any be lacking,{H6485} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will set up{H6965}{(H8689)} shepherds{H7462}{(H8802)} over them which shall feed{H7462}{(H8804)} them: and they shall fear{H3372}{(H8799)} no more, nor be dismayed{H2865}{(H8735)}, neither shall they be lacking{H6485}{(H8735)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I will set shepherdes also ouer them, which shall fede them. They shall nomore feare and drede, for there shall none off them be lost, saieth the LORDE

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And I will set vp shepheardes ouer them, which shall feede them: and they shall dread no more nor be afraide, neither shall any of them be lacking, saith the Lorde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I wyll set shepheardes also ouer them, whiche shall feede them: they shall no more feare and dread, and there shall none of them be loste, saith the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, says Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And I have raised for them shepherds, And they have fed them, And they fear no more, nor are affrighted, Nor are they lacking -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, says Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I will install rulers over them who will care for them. Then they will no longer need to fear or be terrified. None of them will turn up missing. I, the LORD, promise it!

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 3:14-15 : 14 Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you, one from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15 And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
  • Mic 5:4-5 : 4 And he shall stand and shepherd in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. 5 And this man shall be the peace when the Assyrian comes into our land and when he treads in our palaces. Then we shall raise against him seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • 1 Pet 5:1-4 : 1 The elders among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you shall receive a crown of glory that does not fade away.
  • Acts 20:28-29 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
  • Num 31:49 : 49 And they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our charge, and not a man of us is lacking.
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
  • Isa 11:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who are left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  • Mic 7:14 : 14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, who dwell solitarily in the woodland, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
  • John 6:39-40 : 39 And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
  • John 17:12 : 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
  • John 18:9 : 9 that the saying might be fulfilled which he spoke, Of those whom you gave me I have lost none.
  • Jer 30:10 : 10 Therefore do not fear, O my servant Jacob, says the LORD; nor be dismayed, O Israel: for behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be at rest and secure, and none shall make him afraid.
  • Jer 31:10 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the distant isles, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
  • Jer 33:26 : 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
  • Jer 46:27-28 : 27 But do not fear, O my servant Jacob, and do not be dismayed, O Israel: for behold, I will save you from afar, and your descendants from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and ease, and no one shall make him afraid. 28 Fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD: for I am with you; for I will make a complete end of all the nations where I have driven you: but I will not make a complete end of you, but correct you in measure; yet I will not leave you wholly unpunished.
  • Ezek 34:23-31 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27 And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those who used them. 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. 29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, nor bear the shame of the nations any more. 30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD. 31 And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.
  • Hos 3:3-5 : 3 And I said to her, You shall stay for me many days; you shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be for another man: so will I also be for you. 4 For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods. 5 Afterward, the children of Israel shall return, and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the last days.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to me the one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origins have been from of old, from everlasting.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 34:22-24
    3 verses
    85%

    22 Therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

    23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

    24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

  • Jer 23:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

    2 Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD.

    3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their folds, and they shall be fruitful and increase.

  • Jer 3:15
    80%

    15 And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

  • Ezek 34:5-16
    12 verses
    80%

    5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food for all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

    6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.

    7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

    8 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock;

    9 Therefore, O 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 flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

    11 For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.

    12 As a shepherd seeks 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.

    13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

    14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a rich pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

    15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.

    16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

  • Zech 11:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15 The LORD said to me, Take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

    16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor feed what stands still. But he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hooves in pieces.

  • Zech 11:4
    78%

    4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.

  • Jer 25:35-36
    2 verses
    77%

    35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.

    36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the leaders of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has plundered their pasture.

  • Ps 23:1
    76%

    1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack.

  • Mic 5:4
    76%

    4 And he shall stand and shepherd in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.

  • Jer 23:5
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    5 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

  • Jer 33:12-13
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    76%

    12 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall be a habitation for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

    13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of him who counts them, says the LORD.

  • Ezek 34:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28 And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

    29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, nor bear the shame of the nations any more.

  • Zech 11:7
    75%

    7 So I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. I took to myself two staffs: one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.

  • Ezek 34:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

  • Ezek 37:24
    75%

    24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

  • Jer 31:10
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    10 Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the distant isles, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.

  • Jer 10:21
    74%

    21 For the pastors have become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

  • Isa 40:11
    74%

    11 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.

  • Jer 50:19
    74%

    19 And I will bring Israel again to his dwelling place, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.

  • Mic 7:14
    73%

    14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, who dwell solitarily in the woodland, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  • Jer 50:6
    73%

    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.

  • Zech 13:7
    73%

    7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

  • Jer 6:3
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    3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place.

  • Zeph 3:13
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    13 The remnant of Israel shall not do wrong, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

  • 1 Kgs 22:17
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    17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

  • Ezek 34:31
    73%

    31 And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 50:44
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    44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the dwelling of the strong: but I will suddenly make them run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd who will stand before me?

  • Mic 4:7
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    7 And I will make the lame a remnant, and the outcast a strong nation, and the LORD shall reign over them in Mount Zion from now on, even forever.

  • Jer 30:9
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    9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

  • Jer 31:14
    72%

    14 And I will satisfy the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the LORD.