KJV King James Version
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
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John 4:15
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
WEB World English Bible
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”
ASV American Standard Version
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The woman saith unto him, ‘Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.’
Surrounding context — 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?
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.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
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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.
ΛέγειG3004 · legōto sayπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoγυνή·G1135 · gunēwomanκύριε,G2962 · kurioslord: GodδόςG1325 · didōmito giveμοιG3165 · memeτοῦτοG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὕδωρG5204 · hudōr, hudatoswaterἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toμὴG3361 · mēnotδιψῶG1372 · dipsaōto thirstμηδὲG3366 · mēdenorδιέρχωμαιG1330 · dierchomaito pass throughἐνθάδεG1759 · enthadein/to this placeἀντλεῖν.G501 · antleōto draw
Cross-references
John 6:34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.Psalm 4:6[There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.Romans 8:5For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.John 17:2-3As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.James 4:3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.Romans 6:23For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.John 6:26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.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.
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