John 10:13
“The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, & careth not for the sheepe.”
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John 10:13 Context
11I am the good shepheard: the good shepheard giueth his life for the sheepe. 12But hee that is an hireling and not the shepheard, whose owne the sheepe are not, seeth the woolfe coming, and leaueth the sheep, and fleeth: and the woolfe catcheth them, and scattereth the sheepe. 13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, & careth not for the sheepe. 14I am the good shepheard, and know my sheepe, and am knowen of mine. 15As the father knoweth me, euen so know I the father: & I lay downe my life for the sheepe.
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Other Translations for John 10:13
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
- King James Version
"{He flees} because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
`he fleeth' because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.
- Basic English Bible
Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
- Darby Bible
The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
- Webster's Bible
For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.
- Weymouth Bible
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
- World English Bible
And the hirid hyne fleeth, for he is an hirid hyne, and it parteyneth not to hym of the scheep.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for John 10:13
10:13 The hireling fleeth because he is a hireling - Because he loves the hire, not the sheep.