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  • John 10:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 12 The hired man, who is not a shepherd and to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them—

  • John 10:12
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 12 ὁ the μισθωτὸς hireling καὶ and οὐκ not ὢν being ποιμήν, shepherd, οὗ of whom οὐκ not ἔστιν is τὰ the πρόβατα sheep ἴδια, own, θεωρεῖ he is beholding τὸν the λύκον wolf ἐρχόμενον coming καὶ and ἀφίησιν he is letting go off τὰ the πρόβατα sheep καὶ and φεύγει,— he is fleeing,— καὶ and ὁ the λύκος wolf ἁρπάζει is snatching αὐτὰ them καὶ and σκορπίζει,— is scattering,—

  • John 10:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 12 The hired+ man, who is no shepherd and to whom the sheep do not belong as his own, beholds the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them+—

  • John 10:12
    The Bible in Living English
    • 12 The hired man, who is not actual shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs, and the wolf carries them off and scatters them;

  • John 10:12
    American Standard Version
    • 12 He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them :

  • John 10:12
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 12 The hireling Even because he is no shepherd, Whose own the sheep are not Vieweth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and fleeth,—And the wolf seizeth them and scattereth,—

  • John 10:12
    King James Version
    • 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 10:12 it-2 878

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 10:12 w80 7/15 22-23, 26; w46 153

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 10:12

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 878

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/1980, pp. 22-23, 26

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 10
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 10:12

      hired man: A flock of sheep was a valuable asset, so the owner, his children, or a relative often cared for these vulnerable creatures. (Ge 29:9; 30:31; 1Sa 16:11) An owner might also hire someone to care for the sheep. However, hired men were often motivated by the wages they received rather than by loyalty to the owner or concern for the sheep. (Compare Job 7:1, 2.) In the Scriptures, shepherding is used in the figurative sense of caring for, protecting, and nourishing the sheeplike servants of God. (Ge 48:15) Spiritual shepherds in the Christian congregation must avoid the type of attitude displayed by the “hired man.” (Joh 10:13) Rather, they strive to imitate Jehovah’s example as the caring Shepherd of his people (Ps 23:1-6; 80:1; Jer 31:10; Eze 34:11-16) and the self-sacrificing love displayed by Jesus, “the fine shepherd.”​—Joh 10:11, 14; Ac 20:28, 29; 1Pe 5:2-4.

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