Parallel Verses
World English Bible
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
because he's a hired worker, and the sheep don't matter to him.
A Conservative Version
But the hireling flees because he is a hireling, and it is no care to him about the sheep.
American Standard Version
he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
[The reason] he runs away is because he is a hired hand and does not [really] care about the sheep.
Anderson New Testament
The hireling flees because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
Bible in Basic English
Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.
Common New Testament
He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the hireling flies, because he is an hireling, and is under no concern for the sheep.
Darby Translation
Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
Godbey New Testament
because he is a hireling and there is not a care to him for the sheep.
Goodspeed New Testament
For he is only a hired man, and does not care about the sheep.
John Wesley New Testament
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Julia Smith Translation
The hired flees, because he is hired, and no care is to him for the sheep.
King James 2000
The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
Lexham Expanded Bible
because he is a hired hand and {he is not concerned} about the sheep.
Modern King James verseion
The hireling flees, because he is a hireling and does not care for the sheep.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The hired servant flyeth because he is a hired servant, and careth not for the sheep.
Moffatt New Testament
just because he is a hired man, who has no interest in the sheep.
Montgomery New Testament
"He is only a hired servant, and the sheep are no care to him.
NET Bible
Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.
New Heart English Bible
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and does not care for the sheep.
Noyes New Testament
because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Sawyer New Testament
for he is a hired servant and cares not for the sheep.
The Emphasized Bible
Because, a hireling, he is, and hath no care for the sheep.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Twentieth Century New Testament
He does this because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.
Webster
The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Weymouth New Testament
For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.
Williams New Testament
This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep.
Worrell New Testament
because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
Worsley New Testament
Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.
Themes
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches people (in jerusalem)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The good shepherd
Love » God the father and jesus Christ loving each other
Servants » Hired » Called hirelings
Sheep » Figurative » Of the righteous
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the people of Christ
Shepherd » Figurative » Of Christ
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
Topics
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 10:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus As The Good Shepherd
12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
Cross References
John 12:6
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
Acts 18:17
Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn't care about any of these things.
Philippians 2:20
For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.