John 10:13

Contemporary English Version

Hired workers run away because they don't care about the sheep.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The man runs away because he is only a paid worker. He does not really care for the sheep.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The heyred servaut flyeth because he is an heyred servaunt and careth not for the shepe.

Hebrew Names Version
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

International Standard Version
For he is a hired hand, and the sheep do not matter to him.

New American Standard Bible
"He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.

New Century Version
The man runs away because he is only a paid worker and does not really care about the sheep.

Update Bible Version
[he flees] because he is a hired worker, and does not care for the sheep.

Webster's Bible Translation
The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

English Standard Version
He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

World English Bible
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Weymouth's New Testament
For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the hirid hyne fleeth, for he is an hirid hyne, and it parteyneth not to hym of the scheep.

English Revised Version
he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Berean Standard Bible
The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

Amplified Bible
"The man runs because he is a hired hand [who serves only for wages] and is not concerned about the [safety of the] sheep.

American Standard Version
he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Bible in Basic English
Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

Complete Jewish Bible
The hired worker behaves like this because that's all he is, a hired worker; so it doesn't matter to him what happens to the sheep.

Darby Translation
Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

Etheridge Translation
But the hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and careth not for the flock.

Murdock Translation
And a hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and hath no concern for the flock.

King James Version (1611)
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, & careth not for the sheepe.

New Living Translation
The hired hand runs away because he's working only for the money and doesn't really care about the sheep.

New Life Bible
The hired man runs away because he is hired. He does not care about the sheep.

New Revised Standard
The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.

George Lamsa Translation
The hired person runs away, because he is hired, and he does not care for the sheep.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because, a hireling, he is, and hath no care for the sheep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.

Revised Standard Version
He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The hyrelyng fleeth, because he is an hyrelyng, and careth not for the sheepe.

Good News Translation
The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

Christian Standard Bible®
This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.

King James Version
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Lexham English Bible
because he is a hired hand and he is not concerned about the sheep.

Literal Translation
But the hireling flees because he is a hireling, and there is not a care to him concerning the sheep.

Young's Literal Translation
and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the hyred seruaut flyeth, because he is an hyred seruaunte, and careth not for the shepe.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the hireling flies, because he is an hireling, and is under no concern for the sheep.

New English Translation
Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

New King James Version
The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The day worker isn't going to put his life on the line.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

Legacy Standard Bible
because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

Contextual Overview

¹ Jesus said: I tell you for certain that only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in through the gate to the sheep pen. ²But the gatekeeper opens the gate for the shepherd, and he goes in through it. The sheep know their shepherd's voice. He calls each of them by name and leads them out. ⁴ When he has led out all of his sheep, he walks in front of them, and they follow, because they know his voice. ⁵ The sheep will not follow strangers. They don't recognize a stranger's voice, and they run away. ⁶ Jesus told the people this story. But they did not understand what he was talking about. ⁷ Jesus said: I tell you for certain that I am the gate for the sheep. ⁸ Everyone who came before me was a thief or a robber, and the sheep did not listen to any of them. ⁹ I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture. ¹⁰ A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest. ¹¹ I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

careth not: John 12:6, Acts 18:17, Philippians 2:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:39 - torn of Judges 18:4 - hired me Jeremiah 10:21 - the pastors Jeremiah 13:20 - where Zechariah 11:5 - and their Zechariah 11:16 - which Zechariah 11:17 - that leaveth 1 Timothy 3:3 - not covetous 1 Peter 5:7 - for

Cross-References

Jeremiah 46:9
Go ahead, Egypt. Tell your chariots and cavalry to attack and fight hard. Order your troops to march out, with Ethiopians and Libyans carrying shields, and the Lydians armed with bows and arrows.

Ezekiel 30:5
Soldiers hired from Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, Arabia, Kub, as well as from Israel, will die in that battle.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling,.... And has no propriety in the sheep; had he, he would abide by them, and defend them; but because he has not, he will not expose himself to any danger, but leaves them:

and careth not for the sheep; what becomes of them, providing only for his own safety. Abarbinel y has a note on Isaiah 40:11 which may serve to illustrate this passage:

""he shall feed his flock like a shepherd"; not as he that feeds the flock of others, for the hire they give him, but as a shepherd that feeds his own flock; who has compassion more abundantly on it, because it is his own flock; and therefore he saith, "behold his reward is with him", for he does not seek a reward from another; "and his work is before him"; for he feeds what is his own, and therefore his eyes and his heart are there.''

Which is not the case of the hireling; he does not care for them, he has not their good at heart; but the good shepherd has, such an one as Christ is.

y Mashmia Jeshua, fol. 20. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Because he is a hireling - Because he regards only his wages. He feels no special interest in the flock.