John 10:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJohn 10:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
μισθωτὸς
misthōtós
G3411
hireling
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ὢν
eimí
G1510
to be
ποιμήν
poimḗn
G4166
shepherd
οὗ
hós
G3739
who
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἐστὶν
eimí
G1510
to be
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
πρόβατα
próbaton
G4263
sheep
ἴδια
ídios
G2398
one's own
θεωρεῖ
theōréō
G2334
to behold
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
λύκον
lýkos
G3074
wolf
ἐρχόμενον
érchomai
G2064
to come
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀφίησιν
aphíēmi
G863
to send away
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
πρόβατα
próbaton
G4263
sheep
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
φεύγει
pheúgō
G5343
to flee
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
λύκος
lýkos
G3074
wolf
ἁρπάζει
harpázō
G726
to seize
αὐτὰ
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
σκορπίζει
skorpízō
G4650
to scatter
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World English Bible Public Domain
He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
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King James Version Public Domain
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the hired man, not being a shepherd, of whom the sheep are not his own, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and escapes, and the wolf seizes and scatters them,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).