Luke 2:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And in that vicinity there were shepherds living [out under the open sky] in the field, watching [in shifts] over their flock by night.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

Common English Bible

⁸ Nearby shepherds were living in the fields, guarding their sheep at night.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And there were shepherds in the same region, being vigilant and keeping watch in the night over their flock.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night watches over their flock.

Luke 2:8 Cross References

Ezekiel 34:8

As I live, says the Lord God, because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd; and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep;

Luke 2:7

And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Luke 2:9

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.