John 4:16

Good News Translation

"Go and call your husband," Jesus told her, "and come back."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Go call your husband,”

King James Version (1611)
Iesus saith vnto her, Goe, call thy husband, and come hither.

King James Version
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

English Standard Version
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."

New American Standard Bible
He said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here."

New Century Version
Jesus told her, "Go get your husband and come back here."

Amplified Bible
At this, Jesus said, "Go, call your husband and come back."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here."

Legacy Standard Bible
He *said to her, "Go, call your husband and come back here."

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus told her, "Go, call your husband and come back."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told her, "Go and bring your husband."

Complete Jewish Bible
He said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come back."

Darby Translation
Jesus says to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus told her, "Go get your husband and come back."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus said vnto her, Go, call thine husband, and come hither.

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to her, Go and call your husband, and come here.

Lexham English Bible
He said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here."

Literal Translation
Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come here.

American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."

International Standard Version
He said to her, "Go and call your husband, and come back here."

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

Murdock Translation
Jesus said to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus sayth vnto her: Go, call thy husbande, and come hyther.

English Revised Version
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

World English Bible
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus seith to hir, Go, clepe thin hosebonde, and come hidir.

Update Bible Version
He says to her, Go, call your husband, and come here.

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

New English Translation
He said to her, "Go call your husband and come back here."

New King James Version
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."

New Living Translation
"Go and get your husband," Jesus told her.

New Life Bible
Jesus said to her, "Go call your husband and come back."

New Revised Standard
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come back."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He saith unto her - Go, call thy husband, and come hither!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus sayde vnto her. Go and call thy husband and come hydder.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus saith to her, `Go, call thy husband, and come hither;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus sayde vnto her: Go, call they hussbande, and come hither.

Mace New Testament (1729)
go, call your husband, said Jesus, and come again.

THE MESSAGE
He said, "Go call your husband and then come back."

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Go get your husband," Jesus told her.

Contextual Overview

⁴ on his way there he had to go through Samaria. ⁵ In Samaria he came to a town named Sychar, which was not far from the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. ⁶ Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by the trip, sat down by the well. It was about noon. ⁷ A Samaritan woman came to draw some water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink of water." ⁸ (His disciples had gone into town to buy food.) ⁹ The woman answered, "You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan—so how can you ask me for a drink?" (Jews will not use the same cups and bowls that Samaritans use.) ¹⁰ Jesus answered, "If you only knew what God gives and who it is that is asking you for a drink, you would ask him, and he would give you life-giving water." ¹¹ "Sir," the woman said, "you don't have a bucket, and the well is deep. Where would you get that life-giving water? ¹² It was our ancestor Jacob who gave us this well; he and his children and his flocks all drank from it. You don't claim to be greater than Jacob, do you?" ¹³ Jesus answered, "Those who drink this water will get thirsty again,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Go: John 4:18, John 1:42, John 1:47, John 1:48, John 2:24, John 2:25, John 21:17, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23

Cross-References

Genesis 3:8
That evening they heard the Lord God walking in the garden, and they hid from him among the trees.

Genesis 4:14
You are driving me off the land and away from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me."

Exodus 20:18
When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and stood a long way off.

2 Kings 13:23
but the Lord was kind and merciful to them. He would not let them be destroyed, but helped them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has never forgotten his people.

2 Kings 24:20
The Lord became so angry with the people of Jerusalem and Judah that he banished them from his sight.

Job 1:12
"All right," the Lord said to Satan, "everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job himself." So Satan left.

Job 2:7
Then Satan left the Lord 's presence and made sores break out all over Job's body.

Job 20:17
They will not live to see rivers of olive oil or streams that flow with milk and honey.

Psalms 5:11
But all who find safety in you will rejoice; they can always sing for joy. Protect those who love you; because of you they are truly happy.

Psalms 68:2
As smoke is blown away, so he drives them off; as wax melts in front of the fire, so do the wicked perish in God's presence.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus saith unto her,.... Observing that she continued an ignorant scoffer at him, and his words, determined to take another method with her; and convince her, that he was not a common and ordinary person she was conversing with, as she took him to be; and also what a sinner she was, and what a vicious course of life she had lived; so that she might see that she stood in need of him, as the gift of God, and Saviour of men; and of the grace he had been speaking of, under the notion of living water: saying to her,

go, call thy husband, and come hither; go directly from hence to the city of Sychar, and call thy husband, and come back hither along with him again: this Christ said, not to have him come to teach and instruct him, and as if he would more readily and easily understand him, and that he might be with her, a partaker of the same grace; but to bring on some further conversation, by which she would understand that he knew her state and condition, and what a course of life she now lived, and so bring her under a conviction of her sin and danger, and need of him and his grace.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Go call thy husband - We may admire the manner which our Saviour took to lead her to perceive that he was the Christ. His instructions she did not understand. He therefore proceeded to show her that he was acquainted with her life and with her sins. His object, here, was to lead her to consider her own state and sinfulness - a delicate and yet pungent way of making her see that she was a sinner. By showing her, also, that he knew her life, though a stranger to her, he convinced her that he was qualified to teach her the way to heaven, and thus prepared her to admit that he was the Messiah, John 4:29.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 4:16. Call thy husband — Our Lord appears to have spoken these words for two purposes:

1. To make the woman consider her own state.

2. To show her that he knew her heart, and the secret actions of her life; and was therefore well qualified to teach her heavenly truths.