KJV King James Version
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
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John 4:12
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
WEB World English Bible
Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?”
ASV American Standard Version
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?’
Surrounding context — John 4
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.
15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
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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.
μὴG3361 · mēnotσὺG4771 · suyouμείζωνG3173 · megasgreatεἶG1510 · eimito beτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατρὸςG3962 · patērfatherἡμῶνG3165 · memeἸακώβ,G2384 · IakōbJacobὃςG3739 · hos, hēwhichἔδωκενG1325 · didōmito giveἡμῖνG3165 · memeτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoφρέαρ,G5421 · phrearwell/abyssκαὶG2532 · kaiandαὐτὸςG846 · autosit/s/heἐξG1537 · ekout fromαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἔπιενG4095 · pinōto drinkκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱοὶG5207 · uhiossonαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoθρέμματαG2353 · thremmalivestockαὐτοῦ;¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Matthew 12:42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.John 8:53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?Hebrews 3:3For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.Isaiah 53:2-3For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.John 4:6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with [his] journey, sat thus on the well: [and] it was about the sixth hour.
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