John 4:13

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."

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;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Whosoeuer drynketh of this water, shal thyrst agayne:

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:

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

⁴To get there, he had to pass through Samaria. He came into Sychar, a Samaritan village that bordered the field Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob's well was still there. Jesus, worn out by the trip, sat down at the well. It was noon. ⁷A 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.) ⁹ The Samaritan woman, taken aback, asked, "How come you, a Jew, are asking me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?" (Jews in those days wouldn't be caught dead talking to Samaritans.) ¹⁰ Jesus answered, "If you knew the generosity of God and who I am, you would be asking me for a drink, and I would give you fresh, living water." ¹¹The woman said, "Sir, you don't even have a bucket to draw with, and this well is deep. So how are you going to get this ‘living water'? Are you a better man than our ancestor Jacob, who dug this well and drank from it, he and his sons and livestock, and passed it down to us?" ¹³Jesus 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." ¹⁵ The woman said, "Sir, give me this water so I won't ever get thirsty, won't ever have to come back to this well again!" ¹⁶ He said, "Go call your husband and then come back." ¹⁷"I have no husband," she said. "That's nicely put: ‘I have no husband.' You've had five husbands, and the man you're living with now isn't even your husband. You spoke the truth there, sure enough." ¹⁹"Oh, so you're a prophet! Well, tell me this: Our ancestors worshiped God at this mountain, but you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place for worship, right?"

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

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.