Isaiah 40:11
9 Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.
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.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- Like a shepherd He will pasture His flock; He gathers the lambs with His arm, and in His bosom He carries [them], the nursing ones He leads.
- ÅB
- Som en hyrde skal han vokte sin flokk; i sin arm skal han samle lammene, og ved sin barm skal han bære dem; de sauene som har lam, skal han lede.
- OTB
- Han tar seg av sin flokk som en hyrde: Han samler lammene i sine armer og bærer dem nær sitt hjerte; Han leder forsiktig dem som har unge.
- B1930
- Som en hyrde skal han vokte sin hjord; i sin arm skal han samle lammene, og ved sin barm skal han bære dem; de får som har lam, skal han lede.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Read in contextPsalms 23:1–6
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Read in contextMicah 5:4
He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:23
I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
Read in contextJohn 10:11–16
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:12–14
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
Read in context1 Peter 2:25
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:9–10
to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
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