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Bishop's Bible

John 4:13

Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Whosoeuer drynketh of this water, shal thyrst agayne:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jacob;   Jesus, the Christ;   Samaria;   Shechem;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Christ;   Thompson Chain Reference - Emptiness-Fulness;   Samaritans;   Unsatisfied;   The Topic Concordance - Eternal Life;   Living Waters;   Thirst;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Wells and Springs;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Life;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Sexuality, Human;   Water;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Patience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samaritans;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   Garden;   Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   Nicodemus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hour;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   John, the Gospel of;   Marriage;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Mss;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Individuality;   Inspiration and Revelation;   John (the Apostle);   Mental Characteristics;   Metaphors;   Water (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Samaritans;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount samaria;   Samaria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'cob's Well,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Thirst;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again.
King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:
King James Version
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
English Standard Version
Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,
New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again;
New Century Version
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
Amplified Bible
Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;
Berean Standard Bible
Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again,
Darby Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, Every one who drinks of this water shall thirst again;
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;
Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "Those who drink this water will get thirsty again,
Lexham English Bible
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again.
Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone drinking of this water will thirst again;
American Standard Version
Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
International Standard Version
Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again.
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu answered and said to her, Every one who shall drink of these waters again will thirst;
Murdock Translation
Jesus replied and said to her: Whoever shall drink of these waters, will thirst again;
English Revised Version
Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
World English Bible
Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus answered and said to her, Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst again.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, Eche man that drynkith of this watir, schal thirste efte soone; but he that drynkith of the watir that Y schal yyue hym, schal not thirste with outen ende; but the watir that Y schal yyue hym,
Update Bible Version
Jesus answered and said to her, Every one that drinks of this water shall thirst again:
Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again:
New English Translation
Jesus replied, "Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty again.
New King James Version
Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,
New Living Translation
Jesus replied, "Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.
New Life Bible
Jesus said to her, "Whoever drinks this water will be thirsty again.
New Revised Standard
Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus answered, and said unto her - Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst, again;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but he that shall drink of the water that I will give him shall not thirst for ever.
Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to her, "Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered and sayde vnto hir: whosoever drinketh of this water shall thurst agayne.
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, `Every one who is drinking of this water shall thirst again;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered, and sayde vnto her: Who so euer drynketh of this water, shal thyrst agayne:
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answered her, they that drink of this water, will be thirsty again:
THE MESSAGE
Jesus said, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus smiled as he kneeled down by the well and said, "Anyone who drinks this water will eventually get thirsty again.

Contextual Overview

4 For [it was so that] he must needes go through Samaria. 5 Then came he to a citie of Samaria, which is called Sichar, besydes the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph. 6 And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then beyng wery of his iourney, sate thus on the well. And it was about the sixt houre: 7 And there came a woman of Samaria to drawe water: Iesus sayth vnto her, geue me drynke. 8 For his disciples were gone away, vnto the towne to bye meate. 9 Then sayth the woman of Samaria vnto hym: Howe is it, that thou beyng a Iewe, askest drynke of me, which am a Samaritane? For the Iewes meddle not with the Samaritanes. 10 Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: yf thou knewest the gyft of God, & who it is that sayeth to thee geue me drynke, thou wouldest haue asked of hym, and he woulde haue geuen thee water of lyfe. 11 The woman sayth vnto hym: Syr, thou hast nothyng to drawe with, and the well is deepe: from whence then hast thou that water of lyfe? 12 Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and he hym selfe dranke therof, and his chyldren, and his cattell? 13 Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Whosoeuer drynketh of this water, shal thyrst agayne:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Whosoever: John 6:27, John 6:49, Isaiah 65:13, Isaiah 65:14, Luke 16:24

Reciprocal: John 6:35 - never hunger

Cross-References

Job 15:22
He beleueth neuer to be deliuered out of darknesse: for the sworde is alwayes before his eyes.
Revelation 16:9
And men boyled in great heate, and blasphemed the name of God whiche hath power ouer these plagues, & they repented not, to geue hym glorie.
Revelation 16:11
And blasphemed the God of heauen for their sorowe, and for theirs sores, and repented not of their deedes.
Revelation 16:21
And there fell a great hayle, as it had ben talentes, out of heauen vpon the men, and the men blasphemed God, because of the plague of the hayle: for the plague therof was exceadyng great.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered and said unto her,.... In a mild and gentle manner, patiently bearing all her scoffs and flouts, and continuing to instruct and inform her, concerning this living water, showing the preferableness of it to all others:

whosoever drinketh of this water; meaning in that well called Jacob's well, or any other common water:

shall thirst again; as this woman had often done, and would again, as she herself knew, John 4:15, and as Jesus did, who very likely afterwards drank of it, John 19:28. For though water allays heat, quenches thirst, and refreshes and revives the spirits for a while, yet in process of time, natural heat increases, and thirst returns, and there is a necessity of drinking water again.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall thirst again - Jesus did not directly answer her question, or say that he was greater than Jacob, but he gave her an answer by which she might infer that he was. He did not despise or undervalue Jacob or his gifts; but, however great might be the value of that well, the water could not altogether remove thirst.


 
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