KJV King James Version
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
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John 4:11
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
WEB World English Bible
The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?
ASV American Standard Version
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The woman saith to him, ‘Sir, thou hast not even a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; whence, then, hast thou the living water?
Surrounding context — John 4
8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
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λέγειG3004 · legōto sayαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoγυνή·G1135 · gunēwomanκύριε,G2962 · kurioslord: GodοὔτεG3777 · outeneitherἄντλημαG502 · antlēmabucketἔχεις,G2192 · echōto have/beκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoφρέαρG5421 · phrearwell/abyssἐστὶνG1510 · eimito beβαθύ·G901 · bathusdeepπόθενG4159 · pothenwhenceοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἔχειςG2192 · echōto have/beτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὕδωρG5204 · hudōr, hudatoswaterτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoζῶν;G2198 · zaōto live
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 2:14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.John 3:4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
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