Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, New Living Translation For you fat sheep pushed and butted and crowded my sick and hungry flock until you scattered them to distant lands. English Standard Version Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad, Berean Standard Bible Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, King James Bible Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; New King James Version Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad, New American Standard Bible Since you push away with your side and shoulder, and gore all the weak with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, NASB 1995 “Because you push with side and with shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, NASB 1977 “Because you push with side and with shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad, Legacy Standard Bible Because you push with side and with shoulder, and thrust at all the sickly with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, Amplified Bible Because you push with side and shoulder, and gore with your horns all those that have become weak and sick until you have scattered them away, Christian Standard Bible Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over, Holman Christian Standard Bible Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over, American Standard Version Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; Contemporary English Version You strong ones have used your powerful horns to chase off those that are weak, English Revised Version Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; GOD'S WORD® Translation You fat sheep push the skinny sheep with your sides and shoulders, and you knock down all the sick sheep with your horns. You have scattered them all over. Good News Translation You pushed the sick ones aside and butted them away from the flock. International Standard Version since you've been bumping aside all the weaker sheep with your backsides and shoulders, butting them with your horns until they're scattered around outside. Majority Standard Bible Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, NET Bible Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad, New Heart English Bible Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad; Webster's Bible Translation Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; World English Bible Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBecause you thrust away with side and with shoulder, "" And push all the diseased with your horns, "" Until you have scattered them to the out-place, Young's Literal Translation Because with side and with shoulder ye thrust away, And with your horns push all the diseased, Till ye have scattered them to the out-place, Smith's Literal Translation Because with side and with shoulder ye will thrust away, and with your horns ye pushed all the sickly till that ye scattered them without; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBecause you thrusted with sides and shoulders, and struck all the weak cattle with your horns, till they were scattered abroad: Catholic Public Domain Version For you have pushed with your sides and shoulders, and you have threatened all the weak cattle with your horns, until they were scattered abroad. New American Bible Because you push with flank and shoulder, and butt all the weak sheep with your horns until you drive them off, New Revised Standard Version Because you pushed with flank and shoulder, and butted at all the weak animals with your horns until you scattered them far and wide, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBecause they have thrust with their sides and shoulders, and pushed all the weak with their horns, till they have scattered them abroad; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because they were pushing with their sides and with their shoulders and were goring all the weak with their horns until they scattered them out OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; Brenton Septuagint Translation Ye did thrust with your sides and shoulders, and pushed with your horns, and ye cruelly treated all the sick. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Good Shepherd…20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, 22I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.… Cross References Matthew 25:32-33 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. John 10:11-16 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. / The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. ... Jeremiah 23:1-4 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD. / Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD. / Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply. ... Zechariah 11:16-17 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves. / Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!” Isaiah 56:11-12 Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: / “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!” Micah 3:1-3 Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? / You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. / You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” Matthew 23:4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. Luke 15:4-7 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? / And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, / comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’ ... John 21:15-17 When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” / Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.” / Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. 1 Peter 5:2-3 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; / not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. Acts 20:28-30 Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. / I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. Jeremiah 50:6-7 My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place. / All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’ Zechariah 10:2-3 For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd. / “My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle. Isaiah 40:11 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. Psalm 23:1-4 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. / He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. ... Treasury of Scripture Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad; ye have Ezekiel 34:3-5 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock… Daniel 8:3-10 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last… Zechariah 11:5,16,17 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not… pushed Luke 13:14-16 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day… Jump to Previous Abroad Butting Direction Diseased Driven Flank Horns Leg Ones Out-Place Push Pushed Pushing Scattered Sheep Shoulder Side Thrust WeakJump to Next Abroad Butting Direction Diseased Driven Flank Horns Leg Ones Out-Place Push Pushed Pushing Scattered Sheep Shoulder Side Thrust WeakEzekiel 34 1. A reproof of the shepherds7. God's judgment against them 11. His providence over his flock 20. The kingdom of Christ Since you shove with flank and shoulder This phrase paints a vivid picture of aggressive and selfish behavior. The Hebrew word for "shove" is "נָגַח" (nagach), which often refers to the act of butting or pushing with force, typically associated with animals like oxen or goats. In the context of Ezekiel 34, this imagery is used metaphorically to describe the leaders of Israel who, instead of caring for the flock, are aggressively asserting their dominance and causing harm. The "flank and shoulder" symbolize strength and power, indicating that these leaders are using their positions of authority to oppress and exploit the weaker members of the community. Historically, this reflects a time when the leaders of Israel were failing in their God-given duty to shepherd the people with justice and compassion. and butt all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad Hebrew Sinceיַ֗עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb Strong's 3282: Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause you shove תֶּהְדֹּ֔פוּ (teh·dō·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1920: To thrust, drive, push with flank בְּצַ֤ד (bə·ṣaḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary and shoulder, וּבְכָתֵף֙ (ū·ḇə·ḵā·ṯêp̄) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3802: The shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything and butt תְּנַגְּח֖וּ (tə·nag·gə·ḥū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5055: To butt with the horns, to war against all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the weak ones הַנַּחְל֑וֹת (han·naḥ·lō·wṯ) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 2470: To be weak or sick with your horns וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶ֥ם (ū·ḇə·qar·nê·ḵem) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural Strong's 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power until עַ֣ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while you scattered הֲפִיצוֹתֶ֛ם (hă·p̄î·ṣō·w·ṯem) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered them אוֹתָ֖נָה (’ō·w·ṯā·nāh) Direct object marker | third person feminine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case abroad, הַחֽוּצָה׃ (ha·ḥū·ṣāh) Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors Links Ezekiel 34:21 NIVEzekiel 34:21 NLT Ezekiel 34:21 ESV Ezekiel 34:21 NASB Ezekiel 34:21 KJV Ezekiel 34:21 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 34:21 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 34:21 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 34:21 French Bible Ezekiel 34:21 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 34:21 Because you thrust with side and (Ezek. 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