John 4:7

Geneva Bible

There came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayd vnto her, Giue me drinke.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A woman of Samaria came to draw water.

King James Version (1611)
There commeth a woman of Samaria to draw water: Iesus sayth vnto her, Giue me to drinke.

King James Version
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

English Standard Version
A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

New American Standard Bible
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

New Century Version
When a Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

Amplified Bible
Then a woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink"—

New American Standard Bible (1995)
There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

Legacy Standard Bible
A woman of Samaria *came to draw water. Jesus *said to her, "Give Me a drink."

Berean Standard Bible
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

Complete Jewish Bible
A woman from Shomron came to draw some water; and Yeshua said to her, "Give me a drink of water."

Darby Translation
A woman comes out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink

Easy-to-Read Version
A Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

George Lamsa Translation
And there came a woman from Samaria to draw water; and Jesus said to her, Give me water to drink.

Good News Translation
A Samaritan woman came to draw some water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink of water."

Lexham English Bible
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me water to drink."

Literal Translation
A woman came out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give Me some to drink.

American Standard Version
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

Bible in Basic English
A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water.

Hebrew Names Version
A woman of Shomron came to draw water. Yeshua said to her, "Give me a drink."

International Standard Version
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

Etheridge Translation
There came a woman from Shomreen to draw waters, and Jeshu said to her, Give me waters to drink.

Murdock Translation
And a woman from Samaria came to draw water. And Jesus said to her: Give me water to drink.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there came a woman of Samaria to drawe water: Iesus sayth vnto her, geue me drynke.

English Revised Version
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

World English Bible
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.

Weymouth's New Testament
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And a womman cam fro Samarie, to drawe watir. And Jhesus seith to hir, Yyue me drynk.

Update Bible Version
There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.

Webster's Bible Translation
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.

New English Translation
A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink."

New King James Version
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

New Living Translation
Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

New Life Bible
A woman of Samaria came to get water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

New Revised Standard
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her - Give me to drink!

Douay-Rheims Bible
There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink.

Revised Standard Version
There came a woman of Samar'ia to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and there came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. And Iesus sayde vnto her: geve me drynke.

Young's Literal Translation
there cometh a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, `Give me to drink;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came there a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayde vnto her: Geue me drynke.

Mace New Testament (1729)
where a woman of Samaria being come to draw water, Jesus said to her, give me to drink.

THE MESSAGE
A woman, a Samaritan, came to draw water. Jesus said, "Would you give me a drink of water?" (His disciples had gone to the village to buy food for lunch.)

Simplified Cowboy Version
About this time, a Samaritan woman came by to get some water and Jesus asked her, "Would you fetch me a drink, ma'am?"

Contextual Overview

⁴ And he must needes goe through Samaria. ⁵ Then came hee to a citie of Samaria called Sychar, neere vnto the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph. ⁶ And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iourney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre. ⁷ There came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayd vnto her, Giue me drinke. ⁸ For his disciples were gone away into the citie, to buy meate. ⁹ Then sayde the woman of Samaria vnto him, Howe is it, that thou being a Iewe, askest drinke of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Iewes meddle not with the Samaritans. ¹⁰ Iesus answered and saide vnto her, If thou knewest that gift of God, and who it is that saieth to thee, Giue mee drinke, thou wouldest haue asked of him, and hee woulde haue giuen thee, water of life. ¹¹ The woman saide vnto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to drawe with, and the well is deepe: from whence then hast thou that water of life? ¹² Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell? ¹³ Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Give: John 4:10, John 19:28, Genesis 24:43, 2 Samuel 23:15-17, 1 Kings 17:10, Matthew 10:42

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:11 - women go out to draw water Genesis 24:13 - daughters Genesis 24:17 - Let Judges 4:19 - Give me Ruth 2:9 - go Mark 11:12 - he was Luke 19:5 - he looked John 4:28 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
Vnto the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy sorowes, and thy conceptions. In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children, and thy desire shalbe subiect to thine husbande, and he shall rule ouer thee.

Genesis 4:6
Then ye Lord said vnto Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe?

Genesis 4:8
Then Kain spake to Habel his brother. And when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him.

Genesis 4:9
Then the Lorde said vnto Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I cannot tell. Am I my brothers keeper?

Genesis 4:10
Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

Genesis 4:11
Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.

Genesis 4:12
When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 4:13
Then Kain said to the Lorde, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.

Genesis 19:21
Then he said vnto him, Beholde, I haue receiued thy request also concerning this thing, that I will not ouerthrow this citie, for the which thou hast spoken.

Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not doe so, beholde, ye haue sinned against the Lorde, and be sure, that your sinne will finde you out.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There cometh a woman of Samaria,.... Or "out of Samaria"; not out of the city of Samaria, but out of the country of Samaria; out of Sychar, a city of Samaria: her coming was not by chance, but by the providence of God, and agreeably to his purpose, who orders all things according to the counsel of his will; and it is an amazing instance of grace, that a woman, a Samaritan woman, a lewd and infamous one, should be a chosen vessel of salvation, should be the object of divine favour, and be effectually called by the grace of God; when so many wise, learned, and religious men in Judea, were passed by; and not only so, but she was the happy means of conveying the knowledge of the Saviour to many of her neighbours: she came, indeed,

to draw water; for her present temporal use and service; she little thought of meeting at Jacob's well, with Christ the fountain of gardens, and well of living water; she came for natural water, having no notion of water in a spiritual sense: or of carrying back with her the water of life, even a well of it, springing up to everlasting life:

Jesus saith unto her, give me to drink; that is, water to drink, out of the pot or pitcher, she brought with her, for he was athirst; which is another proof of the truth of his human nature, and of his taking it, with the sinless infirmities of it: though indeed this request was made, to introduce a discourse with the woman, he having a more violent thirst, and a stronger desire, after the welfare of her immortal soul.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of Samaria - Not of the “city” of Samaria, for this was at a distance of 8 miles, but a woman who was a Samaritan, and doubtless from the city of Sychar.

Give me to drink - This was in the heat of the day, and when Jesus was weary with his journey. The request was also made that it might give him occasion to discourse with her on the subject of religion, and in this instance we have a specimen of the remarkably happy manner in which he could lead on a conversation so as to introduce the subject of religion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 4:7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water — That this was the employment of the females, we see in different parts of the Sacred Writings. See Genesis 24:11, c. Exodus 2:16, and the note at the end of that chapter. The Jews say that those who wished to get wives went to the wells where young women were accustomed to come and draw water; and it is supposed that women of ill fame frequented such places also. See several proofs in Schoettgen.