11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
Isaiah 40:11 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
- KJV King James Version
- He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that have their young.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- He feeds His flock as a shepherd, || He gathers lambs with His arm, || And He carries [them] in His bosom: He leads suckling ones.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- He looks after his flock like a shepherd. He picks up the lambs in his arms and holds them close to his chest. He leads those that are nursing young.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth [them]: Suckling ones He leadeth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that are with young.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כְּרֹעֶה֙ | kə·rō·‘eh | He tends | H7462 |
| עֶדְר֣וֹ | ‘eḏ·rōw | His flock | H5739 עֵ֫דֶר flock |
| יִרְעֶ֔ה | yir·‘eh | like a shepherd | H7462 |
| בִּזְרֹעוֹ֙ | biz·rō·‘ōw | in His arms | H2220 זְרוֹעַ arm |
| יְקַבֵּ֣ץ | yə·qab·bêṣ | He gathers | H6908 קָבַץ to gather |
| טְלָאִ֔ים | ṭə·lā·’îm | the lambs | H2922 טְלָא lamb |
| וּבְחֵיק֖וֹ | ū·ḇə·ḥê·qōw | close to His heart | H2436 חֵיק bosom: embrace |
| יִשָּׂ֑א | yiś·śā | and carries them | H5375 נָשָׂא to lift: raise |
| עָל֖וֹת | ‘ā·lō·wṯ | the nursing [ewes] | H5763 עוּל to nurse |
| יְנַהֵֽל׃ס | yə·na·hêl | He gently leads | H5095 נָהַל to guide |
Related verses
- Revelation 7:17
for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
- Psalm 23:1–6
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. …
- Micah 5:4
He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
- Ezekiel 34:23
I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.
- John 10:11–16
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them. The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep. …
- Isaiah 49:9–10
saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
- Ezekiel 34:12–14
As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep. I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them with good pasture; and their fold will be on the mountains of the height of Israel. There they will lie down in a good fold. They will feed on fat pasture on the mountains of Israel.
- 1 Peter 2:25
For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- Ezekiel 34:31
You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”
- John 21:15–17
So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength. Lift it up. Don’t be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
Read all of Isaiah 40 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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