Ezekiel 34:3 Parallel Translations

You 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.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

ASV:

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

BBE:

You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

DBY:

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye kill them that are fattened: but ye feed not the flock.

ERV:

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

JPS:

Ye did eat the fat, and ye clothed you with the wool, ye killed the fatlings; but ye fed not the sheep.

WBS:

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

WEB:

You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.

YLT:

The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.

Ezekiel 34:3 Cross References

XREF:

Ezekiel 22:25 "There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.

Ezekiel 22:27 "Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.

Zechariah 11:16 "For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for the perishing, seek the scattered, heal the broken, or sustain the one standing, but will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

34:3 Ye eat the {b} fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: [but] ye feed not the flock.
(b) You seek to enrich yourselves by their conveniences and to spoil their riches and substance.

WES:

34:3 Ye kill - You contrive methods, to take first the life, and next the estate of the well - fed, the rich and wealthy. But - You take care to lead, protect, provide for, and watch over them.

MHC:

34:1-6 The people became as sheep without a shepherd, were given up as a prey to their enemies, and the land was utterly desolated. No rank or office can exempt from the reproofs of God's word, men who neglect their duty, and abuse the trust reposed in them.

CONC:

Animals Beasts Care Choice Clothe Clothed Curds Death Eat Fat Fatlings Fattened Fed Feed Feeding Flock Kill Killed Milk Sheep Slaughter Wool Yourselves

Animals Beasts Care Choice Clothe Clothed Curds Death Eat Fat Fatlings Fattened Fed Feed Feeding Flock Food Kill Killed Milk Sheep Slaughter Wool Yourselves

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