John 4:17

New Life Version

The woman said, "I have no husband." Jesus said, "You told the truth when you said, ‘I have no husband.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“I don’t have a husband,” she answered.

King James Version (1611)
The woman answered, and said, I haue no husband. Iesus said vnto her, Thou hast well said, I haue no husband:

King James Version
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

English Standard Version
The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband';

New American Standard Bible
The woman answered and said to Him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have correctly said, 'I have no husband';

New Century Version
The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right to say you have no husband.

Amplified Bible
The woman answered, "I do not have a husband." Jesus said to her, "You have correctly said, 'I do not have a husband';

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have correctly said, 'I have no husband';

Legacy Standard Bible
The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus *said to her, "You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband';

Berean Standard Bible
"I have no husband," the woman replied. Jesus said to her, "You are correct to say that you have no husband.

Contemporary English Version
The woman answered, "I don't have a husband." "That's right," Jesus replied, "you're telling the truth. You don't have a husband. You have already been married five times, and the man you are now living with isn't your husband."

Complete Jewish Bible
She answered, "I don't have a husband." Yeshua said to her, "You're right, you don't have a husband!

Darby Translation
The woman answered and said, I have not a husband. Jesus says to her, Thou hast well said, I have not a husband;

Easy-to-Read Version
The woman answered, "But I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right to say you have no husband.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The woman answered, and saide, I haue no husband. Iesus said vnto her, Thou hast well said, I haue no husband.

George Lamsa Translation
She said to him, I have no husband; Jesus said to her, You said well, I have no husband;

Good News Translation
"I don't have a husband," she answered. Jesus replied, "You are right when you say you don't have a husband.

Lexham English Bible
The woman answered and said to him, "I do not have a husband." Jesus said to her, "You have said rightly, ‘I do not have a husband,'

Literal Translation
And the woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, Well did you say, I have no husband.

American Standard Version
The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:

Bible in Basic English
In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:

Hebrew Names Version
The woman answered, "I have no husband." Yeshua said to her, "You said well, 'I have no husband,'

International Standard Version
The woman answered him, "I don't have a husband." Jesus said to her, "You are quite right in saying, 'I don't have a husband.'

Etheridge Translation
She saith to him, I have no husband. Jeshu saith to her, Well hast thou said, I have no husband;

Murdock Translation
She said to him: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast well said, I have no husband;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The woman aunswered, and sayde [vnto hym]: I haue no husbande. Iesus sayde vnto her: Thou hast well sayde, I haue no husbande.

English Revised Version
The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:

World English Bible
The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You said well, 'I have no husband,'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband.

Weymouth's New Testament
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The womman answerde, and seide, Y haue noon hosebonde. Jhesus seith to hir, Thou seidist wel, That Y haue noon hosebonde;

Update Bible Version
The woman answered and said to him, I have no husband. Jesus says to her, You said well, I have no husband:

Webster's Bible Translation
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

New English Translation
The woman replied, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "Right you are when you said, ‘I have no husband,'

New King James Version
The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have well said, "I have no husband,'

New Living Translation
"I don't have a husband," the woman replied. Jesus said, "You're right! You don't have a husband—

New Revised Standard
The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband';

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The woman answered, and said unto him- I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her - Well, saidst thou, A husband, I have not;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The woman answered and said: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast said well: I have no husband.

Revised Standard Version
The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband';

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The woman answered and sayde to him: I have no husband.

Young's Literal Translation
the woman answered and said, `I have not a husband.' Jesus saith to her, `Well didst thou say -- A husband I have not;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The woman answered, and sayde vnto him: I haue no hussbande.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus replied, you were in the right to say you have no husband:

THE MESSAGE
"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."

Simplified Cowboy Version
"I don't have one," the woman replied sheepishly.Jesus said, "I think you're putting lipstick on a pig.

Contextual Overview

⁴ He had to go through the country of Samaria. ⁵ So He came to a town in Samaria called Sycar. It was near the piece of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶ Jacob's well was there. Jesus was tired from traveling so He sat down just as He was by the well. It was about noon. ⁷ A woman of Samaria came to get water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." ⁸ His followers had gone to the town to buy food. ⁹ The woman of Samaria said to Him, "You are a Jew. I am of Samaria. Why do You ask me for a drink when the Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria?" ¹⁰ Jesus said to her, "You do not know what God has to give. You do not know Who said to you, ‘Give Me a drink.' If you knew, you would have asked Him. He would have given you living water." ¹¹ The woman said to Him, "Sir, the well is deep. You have nothing to get water with. Where will You get the living water? ¹² Are You greater than our early father Jacob? He gave us the well. He and his children and his cattle drank from it." ¹³ Jesus said to her, "Whoever drinks this water will be thirsty again.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: John 4:29 - General Romans 11:20 - Well

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought a gift of the first-born of his flocks and of the fat parts. The Lord showed favor to Abel and his gift.

Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Genesis 5:18
When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked with God 300 years after the birth of Methuselah. He had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let us build a city for ourselves, with a tower that touches the heavens. Let us make a name for ourselves, or else we may be sent everywhere over the whole earth."

2 Samuel 18:18
While Absalom was alive, he had set up stones in his honor in the King's Valley. For he said, "I have no son to let my name be remembered." So he called the stones after his own name. And they are there to have Absalom be remembered to this day.

Psalms 49:11
They think in their hearts that their houses will last forever, and that the places where they live will last for all their children to follow. They have used their own names to name their lands.

Daniel 4:30
And he said, ‘Is not this the great Babylon which I have built as a beautiful place for the king? I have built it by my great strength and for the greatness of my power.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The woman answered and said, I have no husband,.... Which was a truth she would not have spoke at another time and place, or to any of her neighbours; but Christ being a stranger, and no odium incurring upon her by it; and this serving a purpose to excuse her going to call him, she declares the truth of the matter:

Jesus said unto her, thou hast well said, I have no husband; this is the truth, it is really fact, and is the true state of the case, between thee and him, who goes for thy husband.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have no husband - This was said, evidently, to evade the subject. Perhaps she feared that if she came there with the man that she lived with, the truth might be exposed. It is not improbable that by this time she began to suspect that Jesus was a prophet.

Hast well said - Hast said the truth.