John 10:5

10:5 They will never follow a stranger, ¹  but will run away from him, because they do not recognize ²  the stranger’s voice.” ³ 

John 10:12

10:12 The hired hand, ⁴  who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons ⁵  the sheep and runs away. ⁶  So the wolf attacks ⁷  the sheep and scatters them.

[10:5]  ¹ tn Or “someone whom they do not know.”

[10:5]  ² tn Grk “know.”

[10:5]  ³ tn Or “the voice of someone they do not know.”

[10:12]  ⁴ 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.

[10:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “leaves.”

[10:12]  ⁶ tn Or “flees.”

[10:12]  ⁷ 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.