11 translations · Greek
John 10:28
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
John 10:28 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
- KJV King James Version
- And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- ASV American Standard Version
- and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and I give continuous life to them, and they will not perish—throughout the age, and no one will snatch them out of My hand;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I give them eternal life; they shall never be lost, and no one can snatch them from me.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish — to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;
- DBY Darby Translation
- and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| κἀγὼ | kagō | I | G2504 κἀγώ and I |
| δίδωμι | didōmi | give | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ζωὴν | zōēn | life | G2222 ζωή life |
| αἰώνιον | aiōnion | eternal | G166 αἰώνιος eternal |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| μὴ | mē | — | G3361 μή not |
| ἀπόλωνται | apolōntai | they will never perish | G622 ἀπολλύω to destroy |
| εἰς | eis | — | G1519 εἰς toward |
| τὸν | ton | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| αἰῶνα | aiōna | — | G165 αἰών an age: age |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| οὐχ | ouch | No | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἁρπάσει | harpasei | can snatch | G726 ἁρπάζω to seize |
| τις | tis | one | G5100 τις one |
| αὐτὰ | auta | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἐκ | ek | out of | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| χειρός | cheiros | hand | G5495 χείρ hand |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- John 6:39–40
This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 6:37
All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
- John 3:15–16
that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- Hebrews 7:25
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
- John 18:9
that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.”
- Romans 8:29
For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
- Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
- John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
- 1 John 2:25
This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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.
30 I and the Father are one.”
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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