4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.


In Context

1 "I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.

2 The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep.

3 The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a strangers voice."

6 Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

John 10:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:4And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:4When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:4When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:4And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.