Yochanan 10:12
He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.This verse in the real world
In what words
- λύκοςlýkosa wolf
- μισθωτόςmisthōtósa wage-worker (good or bad)
- σκορπίζωskorpízōto dissipate, i.e. (figuratively) put to flight, waste, be liberal
- ἁρπάζωharpázōto seize (in various applications)
- ποιμήνpoimḗna shepherd (literally or figuratively)
- φεύγωpheúgōto run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish
- πρόβατονpróbatonsomething that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figura
- θεωρέωtheōréōto be a spectator of, i.e. discern, (literally, figuratively (experience) or intensively (
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Pe 2:3, Act 20:29, Zec 11:16–17, Ezk 34:2–6, Mat 10:16, 1Pe 5:2, 2Ti 4:10, Mat 7:15