Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThey were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts. Young's Literal Translation And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered. King James Bible And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. Hebrew They were scatteredוַתְּפוּצֶ֖ינָה (wat·tə·p̄ū·ṣe·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered for lack of מִבְּלִ֣י (mib·bə·lî) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as a shepherd, רֹעֶ֑ה (rō·‘eh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with and when they were scattered, וַתְּפוּצֶֽינָה׃ (wat·tə·p̄ū·ṣe·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered they became וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה (wat·tih·ye·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be food לְאָכְלָ֛ה (lə·’āḵ·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 402: Food, eating for all לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the wild הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land beasts. חַיַּ֥ת (ḥay·yaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life |