Luke 2:8

And there were in the same countrey shepheards abiding in þ^e field, keeping watch ouer their flocke by night.
- 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 residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
- Berean Standard Bible 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 shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
- English Revised Version

There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Luke 2:8

2:6 And while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered - Mary seems not to have known that the child must have been born in Bethlehem, agreeably to the prophecy. But the providence of God took care for it.

2:7 She laid him in the manger - Perhaps it might rather be translated in the stall. They were lodged in the ox stall, fitted up on occasion of the great concourse, for poor guests. There was no room for them in the inn - Now also, there is seldom room for Christ in an inn. #Mt 1:25|