God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 34:21
21You fat sheep push the skinny sheep with your sides and shoulders, and you knock down all the sick sheep with your horns. You have scattered them all over.
Ezekiel 34:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
- New International Version (NIV)Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad,
Context of Ezekiel 34:21
19Must my sheep eat what your feet have trampled and drink what your feet have muddied? 20“ ‘So this is what the Almighty Lord says to them: I will judge disputes between the fat sheep and the skinny sheep. You fat sheep push the skinny sheep with your sides and shoulders, and you knock down all the sick sheep with your horns. You have scattered them all over. 22So I will rescue my sheep, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another. 23Then I will place one shepherd over them, my servant David, and he will take care of them. He will take care of them and be their shepherd.
Read all of Ezekiel 34Ezekiel 34:21 word by word
יַ֗עַן בְּצַ֤ד וּבְכָתֵף֙ תֶּהְדֹּ֔פוּ וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶ֥ם תְּנַגְּח֖וּ כָּל־הַנַּחְל֑וֹת עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֲפִיצוֹתֶ֛ם אוֹתָ֖נָה אֶל־הַחֽוּצָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Because ye have thrustהָדַףhâdaph · to thrustH1920
- with sideצַדtsad · sideH6654
- and with shoulderכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
- and pushedנָגַחnâgach · to goreH5055
- all the diseasedחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: weakH2470
- with your hornsקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161
- till ye have scatteredפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
- them abroadחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
Cross-references for Ezekiel 34:21
- Ezekiel 34:3You eat the best parts of the sheep, dress in the wool, and butcher the finest sheep. Yet, you don’t take care of the sheep.
- Daniel 8:3I looked up and saw a single ram standing beside the gate. The ram had two long horns, one longer than the other, though the longer one had grown up later.
- Zechariah 11:5Those who buy them will kill them and go unpunished. Those who sell them will say, “Praise the Lord! I’ve become rich!” Even their own shepherds will have no pity on them.
- Luke 13:14The synagogue leader was irritated with Jesus for healing on the day of rest. The leader told the crowd, “There are six days when work can be done. So come on one of those days to be healed. Don’t come on the day of rest—a holy day.”
Commentaries on Ezekiel 34:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-31Verses 20-31 Yahweh having promised to be a Ruler of His people, the administration of the divine kingdom is now described, as carried on by One King, the representative of David, whose dominion should fulfill all the promises originally made to the man after God‘s own heart. Ezekiel does not so much add to, as explain and develope, the original promise; and as the complete fulfillment of the spiritual blessings, which the prophets were guided to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-31Verses 17-31 The whole nation seemed to be the Lord's flock, yet they were very different characters; but he knew how to distinguish between them. By good pastures and deep waters, are meant the pure word of God and the dispensing of justice. The latter verses, 23-31, prophesy of Christ, and of the most glorious times of his church on earth. Under Him, as the good Shepherd, the church would be a blessing to all around. Christ, though excellent in himself…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22the fat sheep and the lean sheep: People with power and influence took all the good things for themselves, leaving others without resources. God will judge them and make things right.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. scattered them abroad--down to the time of the carrying away to Babylon [Grotius].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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