The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 8:21

1830 Edition

Yea, they are as a wild flock, which fleeth from the shepherd, and scattereth, and are driven, and are devoured by the beasts of the forest.

Changes

Yea, they are as a wild flock, which fleeth from the shepherd, and scattereth, and are driven, and are devoured by the beasts of the forest.

Simple English

“They are like wild sheep that run away from their shepherd. They scatter and are driven away. Then wild animals eat them.”

Paraphrase

“We’re like wild sheep running from the shepherd—scattered, driven, and torn apart by the beasts of the forest.”