5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.


In Context

2 But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

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

5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

6 This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.

7 Then said Jesus to them again, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

John 10:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a strangers voice."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:5But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.