John 10:5
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New International Version (©1984)
But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice."

New Living Translation (©2007)
They won't follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don't know his voice."

English Standard Version (©2001)
A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

International Standard Version (©2008)
They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not recognize the voice of strangers."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They won't follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from a stranger because they don't recognize his voice."

King James Bible
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

American King James Version
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

American Standard Version
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

Bible in Basic English
They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

Darby Bible Translation
But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

English Revised Version
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

Webster's Bible Translation
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

Weymouth New Testament
But a stranger they will by no means follow, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

World English Bible
They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."

Young's Literal Translation
and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'

Geneva Study Bible

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

People's New Testament

10:4,5 The sheep follow him: for they know his voice. Also literally true in the East as all travelers testify, but a

stranger they will not follow, because his voice is strange. So true is it that when a traveler has changed dress with the shepherd for an experiment, they still have followed the disguised shepherd's voice and refused to listen to the voice of a stranger in the garb of their own shepherd.

Wesley's Notes

10:5 They will not follow a stranger - One whom Christ hath not sent, who doth not answer the preceding description. Him they will not follow - And who can constrain them to it? But will flee from him - As from the plague. For they know not the voice of strangers - They cannot relish it; it is harsh and grating to them. They find nothing of God therein.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:1-5 Here is a parable or similitude, taken from the customs of the East, in the management of sheep. Men, as creatures depending on their Creator, are called the sheep of his pasture. The church of God in the world is as a sheep-fold, exposed to deceivers and persecutors. The great Shepherd of the sheep knows all that are his, guards them by his providence, guides them by his Spirit and word, and goes before them, as the Eastern shepherds went before their sheep, to set them in the way of his steps. Ministers must serve the sheep in their spiritual concerns. The Spirit of Christ will set before them an open door. The sheep of Christ will observe their Shepherd, and be cautious and shy of strangers, who would draw them from faith in him to fancies about him.


John 10:4 "When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
John 10:16 "I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. (NASB ©1995)

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