KJV King James Version
My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and no [man] is able to pluck [them] out of my Father’s hand.
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John 10:29
My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and no [man] is able to pluck [them] out of my Father’s hand.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
WEB World English Bible
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
ASV American Standard Version
My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;
Surrounding context — John 10
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and no [man] is able to pluck [them] out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and [my] Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατήρG3962 · patērfatherμουG3165 · memeὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichδέδωκένG1325 · didōmito giveμοιG3165 · memeπάντωνG3956 · pasallἐστιν,G1510 · eimito beκαὶG2532 · kaiandοὐδεὶςG3762 · oudeisnoneδύναταιG1410 · dunamaibe ableἁρπάζεινG726 · harpazōto seizeἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoχειρὸςG5495 · cheirhandτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατρόςG3962 · patērfather
Cross-references
John 6:37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.John 17:9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.John 14:28Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come [again] unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.Malachi 1:14But cursed [be] the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I [am] a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name [is] dreadful among the heathen.John 17:6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.John 17:11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are].Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly [he was] above them.Psalm 145:3Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.Daniel 4:3How great [are] his signs! and how mighty [are] his wonders! his kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion [is] from generation to generation.
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