Luke 2:8
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
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Other Translations of Luke 2:8
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
In the same region there were {some} shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.
- Basic English Bible
And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
- Darby Bible
And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night watches over their flock.
- Douay Rheims Bible
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
- Webster's Bible
Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,
- Weymouth Bible
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
- World English Bible
And scheepherdis weren in the same cuntre, wakynge and kepynge the watchis of the nyyt on her flok.
- Wycliffe Bible
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,
- Youngs Literal Bible
View People's Bible Notes for Luke 2:8
Lu 2:8 There were . . . shepherds. The fields around Bethlehem have been for four thousand years the resort of shepherding. There David had cared for his flocks. Keeping watch. To guard their flocks from robbers and wild beasts, and to keep them from straying.
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