John 10:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.”

John 10:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

John 10:13 in 6 Bible Translations

Read John 10:13 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

John 10:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.”

John 10:13 — World English Bible

John 10:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. ”

John 10:13 — American Standard Version

John 10:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.”

John 10:13 — Young's Literal Translation

John 10:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep. ”

John 10:13 — Darby Translation

John 10:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.”

John 10:13 — Geneva Bible

John 10:13 in Context — John 10

11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

12 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.

13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

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What Does John 10:13 Mean?

John 10:13 is a verse from the Book of John, part of the New Testament. It appears in John chapter 10. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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