John 10:12 New English Translation
12 The hired hand,[a] who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons[b] the sheep and runs away.[c] So the wolf attacks[d] the sheep and scatters them.
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- John 10:12 sn Jesus contrasts the behavior of the shepherd with that of the hired hand. This is a worker who is simply paid to do a job; he has no other interest in the sheep and is certainly not about to risk his life for them. When they are threatened, he simply runs away.
- John 10:12 tn Grk “leaves.”
- John 10:12 tn Or “flees.”
- John 10:12 tn Or “seizes.” The more traditional rendering, “snatches,” has the idea of seizing something by force and carrying it off, which is certainly possible here. However, in the sequence in John 10:12, this action precedes the scattering of the flock of sheep, so “attacks” is preferable.
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