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;


In Context

1 'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

2 and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

3 to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

4 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;

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

6 This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because 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 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.