Luke 2:8

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And shepherds were in the country, sleeping in the fields, and watching over their flock the watches of the night.

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:8

I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if not my sheep were for plunder and my sheep will be for consuming to all the beasts of the field from no shepherd; and the shepherds sought not my sheep, and the shepherds will feed themselves, and my sheep they fed not

Luke 2:7

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and swathed him, and put him in a mangier; : for there was no place for them in the inn.

Luke 2:9

And, behold, a messenger of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them : and they fear a great fear.