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John 10:8

In John 10 of John.

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

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πάντεςpantesAllπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “All”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.Allὅσοιhosoithat everὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “that ever”, the subject formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.that everἦλθονēlthoncameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameπρὸprobeforeπρόpreposition — “before”G4253(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.beforeἐμοῦemoumeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “me”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.meκλέπταιkleptaithievesκλέπτης (kleptēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “thieves”, the subject formG2812a thief.thievesεἰσὶνeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλῃσταίlēstairobbersλῃστής (lēstēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “robbers”, the subject formG3027 a robber, brigand, bandit.robbersἀλλ’allbutἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἤκουσανēkousanhearἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “hear”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.hearαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρόβαταprobatasheepπρόβατον (probaton)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “sheep”, the subject formG4263a sheep.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

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American Standard Version (1901)

All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

Young’s Literal Translation

all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

World English Bible

All who came before me are thieves and robbers , but the sheep didn’ t listen to them .

Darby Translation

All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

Douay-Rheims

All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.

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