11 translations · Greek

John 10:9

I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

World English Bible

John 10:9 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
KJV King James Version
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
ASV American Standard Version
I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
LSV Literal Standard Version
I AM the door, if anyone may come in through Me, he will be saved, and he will come in, and go out, and find pasture.
FBV Free Bible Version
I am the gate. Anyone who comes in through me will be healed. They will be able to come and go, and find the food they need.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.
DBY Darby Translation
I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.
WBT Webster’s Bible
I am the door: by me if any man shall enter he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures.

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
ἐγώ egō I G1473 ἐγώ I/we
εἰμι eimi am G1510 εἰμί to be
ἡ hē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
θύρα thyra gate G2374 θύρα door
δι’ di’ through G1223 διά through/because of
ἐμοῦ emou Me G1473 ἐγώ I/we
ἐάν ean If G1437 ἐάν if
τις tis anyone G5100 τις one
εἰσέλθῃ eiselthē enters G1525 εἰσέρχομαι to enter
σωθήσεται sōthēsetai he will be saved G4982 σῴζω to save
καὶ kai — G2532 καί and
εἰσελεύσεται eiseleusetai He will come in G1525 εἰσέρχομαι to enter
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ἐξελεύσεται exeleusetai go out G1831 ἐξέρχομαι to go out
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
νομὴν nomēn pasture G3542 νομή pasture
εὑρήσει heurēsei find G2147 εὑρίσκω to find/meet
  • John 14:6

    Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

  • Ephesians 2:18

    For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

  • John 10:7

    Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.

  • John 10:1

    “Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

  • Romans 5:1–2

    Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

  • Psalm 100:3–4

    Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

  • Psalm 95:7

    for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

  • Psalm 23:1–6

    Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. …

  • Isaiah 40:11

    He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

  • Isaiah 49:9–10

    saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

7 Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.

8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Read all of John 10 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

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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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