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Ezekiel 34:23-31 CEV ...After that, I will give you a shepherd (John 10:1-5; John 10:10-11) from the family of my servant King David. (Mat 1:1) All of you, both strong and weak, will have the same shepherd, and he will take good care of you. (24) He will be your leader, and I will be your God. I, the LORD  (), have spoken. (25) The people of Israel are my sheep, (Gal 3:26-29) and I solemnly promise that they will live in peace. I will chase away every wild animal from the desert and the forest, so my sheep will not be afraid. (26) They will live around my holy mountain, and I will bless them by sending more than enough rain (27) to make their trees produce fruit and their crops to grow. I will set them free from slavery and let them live safely in their own land. Then they will know that I am the LORD  (). (28) Foreign nations will never again rob them, and wild animals will no longer kill and eat them. They will have nothing to fear. (29) I will make their fields produce large amounts of crops, so they will never again go hungry or be laughed at by foreigners. (30) Then everyone will know that I protect my people Israel. (Gal 3:26-29) I, the LORD  (), make this promise. (31) They are my sheep; I am their God, and I take care of them.

Ezekiel 34:23-31 GNB ...I will give them a king like my servant David to be their one shepherd, (John 10:1-5; John 10:10-11) and he will take care of them. (24) I, the LORD  (), will be their God, and a king like my servant David will be their ruler. I have spoken. (25) I will make a covenant with them that guarantees their security. I will get rid of all the dangerous animals in the land, so that my sheep (Gal 3:26-29) can live safely in the fields and sleep in the forests. (26) "I will bless them and let them live around my sacred hill. There I will bless them with showers of rain when they need it. (27) The trees will bear fruit, the fields will produce crops, and everyone will live in safety on his own land. When I break my people's chains and set them free from those who made them slaves, then they will know that I am the LORD  (). (28) The heathen nations will not plunder them any more, and the wild animals will not kill and eat them. They will live in safety, and no one will terrify them. (29) I will give them fertile fields and put an end to hunger in the land. The other nations will not sneer at them any more. (30) Everyone will know that I protect Israel and that they are my people. (Gal 3:26-29) I, the Sovereign LORD  (), have spoken. (31) "You, my sheep, the flock that I feed, are my people, and I am your God," says the Sovereign LORD  ().

Ezekiel 34:23-31 LITV ...And I will raise up over them one Shepherd. (John 10:1-5; John 10:10-11) And He shall feed them. [From the line of] My servant David, (Mat 1:1) He shall feed them, and He shall be their Shepherd. (24) And I, Jehovah  (), will be their God, and My servant David shall be a ruler among them. I, Jehovah  (), have spoken. (25) And I will cut a covenant of peace with them and make evil beasts cease out of the land. And they shall live in the wilderness securely and sleep in the forests. (26) And I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will bring down the shower in its season, there shall be showers of blessing. (27) And the tree of the field shall give its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase. And they shall be securely on their land. And they shall know that I am Jehovah  () when I have broken the staffs of their yoke, and have rescued them from the hand of those who enslaved them. (28) And they shall not any more be a prey to the nations, and the beast of the land shall not eat them. But they shall live securely, and no one shall terrify them. (29) And I will raise up for them a noted planting place, and they shall not any more be of those gathered by famine in the land. And they shall not any more bear the shame of the nations. (30) And they shall know that I, Jehovah  () their God, am with them, and they are My people, the house of Israel, (Gal 3:26-29) declares the Lord Jehovah  (). (31) And you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men. I am your God, declares the Lord Jehovah  ().

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - 1769 King James Version

KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

MWT - Modern World Translation

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament

Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible

YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation

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