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Jeremiah 6:3

The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

KJV

Ad eam venient pastores et greges eorum ; fixerunt in ea tentoria in circuitu : pascet unusquisque eos qui sub manu sua sunt.

Vulgate

εἰς αὐτὴν ἥξουσιν ποιμένες καὶ τὰ ποίμνια αὐτῶν, καὶ πήξουσιν ἐπ’ αὐτὴν σκηνὰς κύκλῳ, καὶ ποιμανοῦσιν ἕκαστος τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.

LXX

Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

ASV

אֵלֶ֛י/הָ יָבֹ֥אוּ רֹעִ֖ים וְ/עֶדְרֵי/הֶ֑ם תָּקְע֨וּ עָלֶ֤י/הָ אֹהָלִים֙ סָבִ֔יב רָע֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ אֶת יָדֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹ֣הֶל
'hl
noun · 344×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רֹעִ֔ים
r'ym
verb · 164×
תָקְע֖וּ
tq'v
verb · 70×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 12:10 — Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
  • Jer 39:1 — In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
  • Luke 19:43 — For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
  • Luke 19:43 — For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,