11 translations · Greek
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
John 10:27 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
- KJV King James Version
- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- according as I said to you: My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,
- DBY Darby Translation
- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| τὰ | ta | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πρόβατα | probata | sheep | G4263 πρόβατον sheep |
| τὰ | ta | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐμὰ | ema | My | G1699 ἐμός mine |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| φωνῆς | phōnēs | voice | G5456 φωνή voice/sound: voice |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἀκούουσιν | akouousin | listen to | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
| κἀγὼ | kagō | I | G2504 κἀγώ and I |
| γινώσκω | ginōskō | know | G1097 γινώσκω to know |
| αὐτά | auta | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀκολουθοῦσίν | akolouthousin | they follow | G190 ἀκολουθέω to follow |
| μοι | moi | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- John 10:16
I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
- John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
- Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3
But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
- John 10:3–4
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
- Hebrews 3:7
Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
- John 5:25
Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.
- John 8:12
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 10:8
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
- Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.
26 But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
Read all of John 10 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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