5So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.


In Context

2 "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?

3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.

4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.

5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.

6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

7 " 'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD :

Ezekiel 34:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd: and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:5And they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:5They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:5And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.