John 10:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἄλλα πρόβατα ἔχω, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς αὐλῆς ταύτης: κἀκεῖνά με δεῖ ἀγαγεῖν, καὶ τῆς φωνῆς μου ἀκούσουσιν· καὶ γενήσεται μία ποίμνη, εἷς ποιμήν.

Transliteration

And other probata echō, which not estin from the aulēs this: kakeina me dei agagein, and the phōnēs of me akousousin; and genēsetai mia poimnē, one poimēn.

Grammar Details

• *probata*: accusative, neuter, plural - sheep
• *echō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I have
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is/are
• *aulēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - fold/court
• *kakeina*: contraction (kai + ekeina) - and those
• *dei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular, impersonal - it is necessary
• *agagein*: aorist active infinitive - to lead/bring
• *phōnēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - voice/sound
• *akousousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will hear
• *genēsetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - it will become
• *mia*: nominative, feminine, singular - one
• *poimnē*: nominative, feminine, singular - flock
• *poimēn*: nominative, masculine, singular - shepherd

Word Meanings

• *probata*: sheep
• *echō*: have/possess/hold
• *estin*: is/are/exists
• *aulēs*: fold/court/enclosure
• *kakeina*: and those/those also
• *dei*: it is necessary/must/ought
• *agagein*: to lead/bring/take
• *phōnēs*: voice/sound/call
• *akousousin*: will hear/listen to/heed
• *genēsetai*: will become/will be
• *mia*: one/single
• *poimnē*: flock/herd
• *poimēn*: shepherd/herdsman

Referenced Verses

• Isa 56:8 : 8 The Lord God, who gets together the wandering ones of Israel, says, I will get together others in addition to those of Israel who have come back.
• 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
• Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.
• John 11:52 : 52 And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world.
• Eph 2:13-18 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, 15 Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; 16 And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. 17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near; 18 Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
• Ezek 37:24 : 24 And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.
• Rev 3:20 : 20 See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.
• Hos 1:10 : 10 But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
• Zech 2:11 : 11 Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
• Zech 8:20-23 : 20 This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come, 21 And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you. 22 And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord. 23 This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
• John 6:37 : 37 Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.
• John 10:2 : 2 He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.
• John 10:11 : 11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
• John 10:27 : 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
• Gen 49:10 : 10 The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
• Ps 22:26-31 : 26 The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever. 27 All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship. 28 For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations. 29 All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul. 30 A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after. 31 They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.
• Ps 72:17-19 : 17 May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name. 18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders. 19 Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.
• Ps 86:9 : 9 Let all the nations whom you have made come and give worship to you, O Lord, giving glory to your name.
• Ps 98:2-3 : 2 The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations. 3 He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.
• Isa 24:13-16 : 13 For it will be in the heart of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive-tree, as the last of the grapes after the getting-in is done. 14 But those will be making sounds of joy; they will be crying loudly from the sea for the glory of the Lord. 15 Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands. 16 From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.
• Isa 42:10-12 : 10 Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people. 11 Let the waste land and its flocks be glad, the tent-circles of Kedar; let the people of the rock give a glad cry, from the top of the mountains let them make a sound of joy. 12 Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.
• Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
• Isa 49:6 : 6 It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
• Isa 52:10 : 10 The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
• Ezek 37:22 : 22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over them all: and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be parted into two kingdoms:
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
• 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
• Acts 15:14 : 14 Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
• Acts 18:10 : 10 For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.
• Acts 22:14 : 14 And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.
• Rom 8:29-30 : 29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers: 30 And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
• Rom 9:23-24 : 23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory, 24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
• Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name. 10 And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people. 11 And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him. 12 And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope. 13 Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Eph 2:1-5 : 1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins, 2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God; 3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest. 4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, 5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
• Titus 3:3-5 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another. 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
• Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.