Luke 2:8

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

And shepherds were in the same country living in the fields and keeping guard over their flock by night.

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:8

As I live, a statement of the Lord Jehovah, if not because My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, from having no shepherds and because My shepherds did not search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed the flock,

Luke 2:7

And she bore her son, the First-born. And she wrapped Him and laid Him in the manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Luke 2:9

And, behold, an angel of the Lord came on them. And the glory of the Lord shone around them. And they feared a great fear.