Luke 2:8 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁸ And there were shepherds living out in the fields near by, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

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 Tagairtí Cros

Ezekiel 34:8

as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,

Luke 2:7

and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Luke 2:9

An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.