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John 4:16

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jacob;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Samaria;   Shechem;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Effort Demanded;   Samaritans;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Wells and Springs;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Patience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samaritans;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   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 - Beauty;   Discourse;   Humanity of Christ;   Husband ;   Individuality;   John (the Apostle);   Miracles;   Palestine;   Son of God;   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;  

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.
Good News Translation
"Go and call your husband," Jesus told her, "and come back."
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."
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 But he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. 7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." 8 (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." 11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?" 13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be 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
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 4:14
Today you have driven me away from the soil, and I shall be hidden from your face; I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and anyone who meets me may kill me."
Exodus 20:18
When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood at a distance,
2 Kings 13:23
But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them; he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them; nor has he banished them from his presence until now.
2 Kings 24:20
Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah so angered the Lord that he expelled them from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Job 1:12
The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not stretch out your hand against him!" So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord .
Job 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord , and inflicted loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
Job 20:17
They will not look on the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds.
Psalms 5:11
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, so that those who love your name may exult in you.
Psalms 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish before God.

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.


 
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