Like wandering gazelles and like sheep without a shepherd, each one will turn to his own people, each one will flee to his own land.
1 Peter 2:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For you were like sheep going astray, , but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For you were going astray like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls. [Isa. 53:5, 6.] American Standard Version (1901) For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. Common English Bible Though you were like straying sheep, you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your lives. Catholic Public Domain Version For you were like wandering sheep. But now you have been turned back toward the Pastor and the Bishop of your souls. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For you were as sheep going astray; but you are now converted to the shepherd and bishop of your souls. |
Like wandering gazelles and like sheep without a shepherd, each one will turn to his own people, each one will flee to his own land.
He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.
But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds.
We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all.
‘Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend my people: You have scattered my flock, banished them, and have not attended to them. I am about to attend to you because of your evil acts’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them.
Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate – this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
What do you think? If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?
When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus #– #the great Shepherd of the sheep #– #through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also clothed with weakness.
who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared. In it a few #– #that is, eight people , #– #were saved through water.
And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.