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Ezekiel 34:15

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

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אֲנִ֨יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אֶרְעֶ֤הerehcompanionרָעָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “companion”, an unfinished actionH7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)[idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.צֹאנִי֙tsoniflockצֹאןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “flock”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).וַאֲנִ֣יvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אַרְבִּיצֵ֔םarbitsemcrouchרָבַץverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “crouch”, an unfinished actionH7257to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbedcrouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.נְאֻ֖םneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.אֲדֹנָ֥יadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.יְהוִֽהyehviGodיְהֹוִהnoun, proper name — “God”H3069{YHWH}God.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will feed My sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

World English Bible

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Darby Translation

I will myself feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

I will feed my sheep: and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will feed My sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to rest; and they shall know that I am the Lord: thus saith the Lord God.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ βοσκήσω τὰ πρόβατά μου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀναπαύσω αὐτὰ, καὶ γνώσονται ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος· τάδε λέγει Κύριος Κύριος.