John 10:4 Parallel Translations

After he has brought out all his sheep, he walks ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

ASV:

When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

BBE:

When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

DBY:

When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

ERV:

When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

WEY:

When he has brought out his own sheep--all of them--he walks at the head of them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

WBS:

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

WEB:

Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

YLT:

and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

John 10:4 Cross References

XREF:

John 10:5 "A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

John 10:16 "I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

10:4,5 The sheep follow him: for they know his voice. Also literally true in the East as all travelers testify, but a
stranger they will not follow, because his voice is strange. So true is it that when a traveler has changed dress with the shepherd for an experiment, they still have followed the disguised shepherd's voice and refused to listen to the voice of a stranger in the garb of their own shepherd.

WES:

10:4 He goeth before them - In all the ways of God, teaching them in every point, by example as well as by precept; and the sheep follow him - They tread in his steps: for they know his voice - Having the witness in themselves that his words are the wisdom and the power of God. Reader, art thou a shepherd of souls? Then answer to God. Is it thus with thee and thy flock?

MHC:

10:1-5 Here is a parable or similitude, taken from the customs of the East, in the management of sheep. Men, as creatures depending on their Creator, are called the sheep of his pasture. The church of God in the world is as a sheep-fold, exposed to deceivers and persecutors. The great Shepherd of the sheep knows all that are his, guards them by his providence, guides them by his Spirit and word, and goes before them, as the Eastern shepherds went before their sheep, to set them in the way of his steps. Ministers must serve the sheep in their spiritual concerns. The Spirit of Christ will set before them an open door. The sheep of Christ will observe their Shepherd, and be cautious and shy of strangers, who would draw them from faith in him to fancies about him.

CONC:

Ahead Brings Follow Forth Goes Got Puts Putteth Sheep Voice Walks Whenever

Ahead Follow Forth Goes Head Puts Putteth Sheep Voice Walks Whenever

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