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John 4:17

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Jacob;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Samaria;   Shechem;   Sin;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Character Transformed;   Conversion;   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 - Adoption;   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 - Discourse;   Fig-Tree ;   Husband ;   Individuality;   John (the Apostle);   Kenosis;   Logos;   Palestine;   Perfect Perfection;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Samaritans;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount samaria;   Samaria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'cob's Well,;  

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;
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 Life Bible
The woman said, "I have no husband." Jesus said, "You told the truth when you said, ‘I have no 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 And it bihofte hym to passe bi Samarie. 5 Therfor Jhesus cam in to a citee of Samarie, that is seid Sicar, bisidis the place, that Jacob yaf to Joseph, his sone. 6 And the welle of Jacob was there; and Jhesus was weri of the iourney, and sat thus vpon the welle. And the our was, as it were the sixte. 7 And a womman cam fro Samarie, to drawe watir. And Jhesus seith to hir, Yyue me drynk. 8 And hise disciplis weren gon in to the citee, to bie mete. 9 Therfor thilke womman of Samarie seith to him, Hou thou, `whanne thou art a Jewe, axist of me drynk, that am a womman of Samarie? for Jewis vsiden not to dele with Samaritans. 10 Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, If thou wistist the yifte of God, and who `he is, that seith to thee, Yyue me drynk, thou perauenture woldist haue axid of hym, and he schulde haue youun to thee quyk watir. 11 The womman seith to him, Sire, thou hast not where ynne to drawe, and the pit is deep; wherof thanne hast thou quik watir? 12 Whethir thou art grettere than oure fadir Jacob, that yaf to vs the pit? and he drank therof, and hise sones, and hise beestis. 13 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,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
and Abel offride of the first gendrid of his floc, and of the fatnesse of tho. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and to the yiftis of hym;
Genesis 4:11
Now therfor thou schalt be cursid on erthe, that openyde his mouth, and resseyuede of thin hond the blood of thi brothir.
Genesis 5:18
And Jared lyuede an hundrid and two and sixti yeer, and gendride Enoth.
Genesis 5:22
And Enoth yede with God; and Enoth lyuede after that he gendride Matusalem thre hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Genesis 11:4
and seiden, Come ye, and make we to vs a citee and tour, whos hiynesse stretche `til to heuene; and make we solempne oure name bifor that we be departid in to alle londis.
2 Samuel 18:18
Forsothe Absolon, while he lyuyde yit, hadde reisid to hym a memorial, which is in the valey of the kyng; for he seide, Y haue no sone, and this schal be the mynde of my name; and he clepide `the memorial bi his name, and it is clepid the Hond, `that is, werk, of Absolon `til to this dai.
Psalms 49:11
and the sepulcris of hem ben the housis of hem with outen ende. The tabernaclis of hem ben in generacioun and generacioun; thei clepiden her names in her londis.
Daniel 4:30
and the kyng answeride, and seide, Whether this is not Babiloyne, the greet citee, which Y bildide in to the hous of rewme, in the miyt of my strengthe, and in the glorie of my fairnesse?

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.


 
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