Luke 2:8 “And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch…”

Luke 2:8

And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

World English Bible

There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

American Standard Version

And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

Geneva Bible 1599

And there were in the same countrey shepheards, abiding in the fielde, and keeping watch by night ouer their flocke.

Darby Translation

And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

Young's Literal Translation

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

Bible in Basic English

And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.

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Cross references

“abiding”

John 10:8–12 Ezekiel 34:8 Genesis 31:39 Genesis 31:40 Exodus 3:1 Exodus 3:2

John 10:8–12 · BSB

All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

Ezekiel 34:8 · BSB

‘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,

Genesis 31:39 · BSB

I 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.

Genesis 31:40 · BSB

As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Exodus 3:1 · BSB

Meanwhile, 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.

Exodus 3:2 · BSB

There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

9Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

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