1 Peter 2:25
23 When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- KJV
- For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
- WEB
- For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- ASV
- For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
- DARBY
- For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
- BLB
- For “you⁺ were like sheep going astray,” but now you⁺ returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your⁺ souls.
- ÅB
- For dere var villfarende som får, men har nå omvendt dere til deres sjelers hyrde og tilsynsmann.
- OTB
- For dere var som sauer som hadde gått seg vill, men nå har dere vendt tilbake til deres sjelers hyrde og tilsynsmann.
- B1930
- For I var villfarende som får, men har nu omvendt eder til eders sjelers hyrde og tilsynsmann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:6
My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
Read in contextLuke 15:4–6
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
Read in contextActs 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Read in contextJohn 10:11–16
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:11
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.
Read in contextPsalms 119:176
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:11–16
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
Read in context