John 10:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ Πατήρ μου, ὃς δέδωκέν μοι, μεῖζών πάντων ἐστίν· καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται ἁρπάζειν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ Πατρός μου.

Transliteration

The Patēr of me, who dedōken to me, meizōn pantōn estin; and no one dynatai harpazein from the cheiros of the Patros of me.

Grammar Details

• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *dedōken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - has given
• *meizōn*: comparative adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - greater
• *pantōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of all/than all
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *dynatai*: present middle indicative, 3rd person singular - is able
• *harpazein*: present active infinitive - to seize/snatch
• *cheiros*: genitive, feminine, singular - of hand
• *Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Father

Word Meanings

• *Patēr*: Father
• *dedōken*: has given/granted/bestowed
• *meizōn*: greater/larger/more powerful
• *pantōn*: all/everyone/everything
• *estin*: is/exists
• *dynatai*: is able/can/has power
• *harpazein*: to seize/snatch/take by force
• *cheiros*: hand
• *Patros*: Father

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  My father which gave the me is greatter then all and no man is able to take them out of my fathers honde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  My father which gaue the me, is greater the all: & noman is able to plucke them out of my fathers hande.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  My father which gaue them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹My Father, which gave› [them] ‹me, is greater than all; and no› [man] ‹is able to pluck› [them] ‹out of my Father's hand.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand.

Referenced Verses

• John 14:28 : 28 You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
• John 17:2 : 2 As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him.
• John 6:37 : 37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and he who comes to me I will by no means cast out.
• John 17:6 : 6 I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your word.
• Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them.
• Ps 145:3 : 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
• Dan 4:3 : 3 How great are His signs, and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.
• Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the heathen.
• John 17:9 : 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom you have given me; for they are yours.
• John 17:11 : 11 And now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given me, that they may be one, as we are.