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John 4:15

The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blindness;   Jacob;   Jesus, the Christ;   Samaria;   Shechem;   Thirst;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Misunderstood Truth;   Samaritans;   Truth;  

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;   Water;   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 - Gospels;   Messiah;   Mss;   Sychar;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Confession;   Discourse;   Example;   Humanity of Christ;   Individuality;   John (the Apostle);   Water (2);   Waterpot ;   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;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Come;   Sir;   Sychar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Sir,” the woman said to him, “give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and come here to draw water.”
King James Version (1611)
The woman saith vnto him, Sir, giue me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
King James Version
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
English Standard Version
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water."
New American Standard Bible
The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water so that I will not be thirsty, nor come all the way here to draw water."
New Century Version
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so I will never be thirsty again and will not have to come back here to get more water."
Amplified Bible
The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not get thirsty nor [have to continually] come all the way here to draw."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw."
Legacy Standard Bible
The woman *said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come back here to draw."
Contemporary English Version
The woman replied, "Sir, please give me a drink of that water! Then I won't get thirsty and have to come to this well again."
Complete Jewish Bible
"Sir, give me this water," the woman said to him, "so that I won't have to be thirsty and keep coming here to draw water."
Darby Translation
The woman says to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst nor come here to draw.
Easy-to-Read Version
The woman said to Jesus, "Sir, give me this water. Then I will never be thirsty again and won't have to come back here to get more water."
Geneva Bible (1587)
The woman said vnto him, Syr, giue me of that water, that I may not thirst, neither come hither to drawe.
George Lamsa Translation
The woman said to him, My lord, give me of this water, so that I may not thirst again, and need not come and draw from here.
Good News Translation
"Sir," the woman said, "give me that water! Then I will never be thirsty again, nor will I have to come here to draw water."
Lexham English Bible
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw water!"
Literal Translation
The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.
American Standard Version
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.
Bible in Basic English
The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.
Hebrew Names Version
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I don't get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw."
International Standard Version
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I won't get thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."John 6:34; 17:2-3; Romans 6:23; 1 John 5:20;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
That woman saith to him, My Lord, give me of those waters, that I thirst not again, nor come to draw from hence.
Murdock Translation
The woman said to him: My lord, give me of these waters, that I may not thirst again, and may not come to draw from here.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The woman sayth vnto hym: Syr, geue me of that water, that I thyrst not, neither come hyther to drawe.
English Revised Version
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.
World English Bible
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I don't get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The womman seith to hym, Sire, yyue me this watir, that Y thirste not, nether come hidur to drawe.
Update Bible Version
The woman says to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, neither come all the way here to draw.
Webster's Bible Translation
The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, neither come hither to draw.
New English Translation
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water."
New King James Version
The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."
New Living Translation
"Please, sir," the woman said, "give me this water! Then I'll never be thirsty again, and I won't have to come here to get water."
New Life Bible
The woman said, "Sir, give me this water so I will never be thirsty. Then I will not have to come all this way for water."
New Revised Standard
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The woman saith unto him - Sir! give me this water, that I thirst not, neither be coming hither to draw.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The woman said to him: Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.
Revised Standard Version
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The woma sayd vnto him: Syr geve me of that water that I thyrst not nether come hedder to drawe.
Young's Literal Translation
The woman saith unto him, `Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The woman sayde vnto him: Syr, geue me that same water, that I thyrst not, nether nede to come hither to drawe.
Mace New Testament (1729)
sir, replied the woman, give me this water, that I may never be adry, nor come hither to draw more.
THE MESSAGE
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!"
Simplified Cowboy Version
The woman quickly said, "I would take your water in a heartbeat. That way I wouldn't have to walk all the way out here to get water every day."

Contextual Overview

4Now He had to pass through Samaria. 5So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Since Jacob's well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." 8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9"You are a Jew," said the woman. "How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 10Jesus answered, "If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." 11"Sir," the woman replied, "You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water? 12Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?" 13Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

give: John 6:26, John 6:34, John 17:2, John 17:3, Psalms 4:6, Romans 6:23, Romans 8:5, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 John 5:20, James 4:3

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
Leviticus 26:18
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:24
then I will act with hostility toward you and strike you sevenfold for your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
I will act with furious rage against you, and I Myself will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
Psalms 59:11
Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
Psalms 79:12
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
Proverbs 6:31
Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
Ezekiel 9:4
"Go throughout the city of Jerusalem," said the LORD, "and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The woman saith unto him, Sir,....

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give me this water, that I thirst not. The Syriac and Persic versions add, "again":

neither come hither; the Ethiopic version adds here, "again";

to draw. This she said also, in the same sneering and scoffing way, as her talking of not thirsting and coming thither to draw water, shows; and it is as if she had said, pray give me some of this fine water you talk of, that I may never thirst again; and so have no occasion to be at all this fatigue and trouble, to come daily to this well for water: though some think, that she now spoke seriously, having some little knowledge of what our Lord meant by living water, but with a mixture of much ignorance, and that she heartily desired it; but the reason she gives, shows the contrary.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The woman said ... - It may seem strange that the woman did not yet understand him, but it shows how slow sinners are to understand the doctrines of religion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 4:15. Give me this water — She did not as yet comprehend our Lord's meaning; but her curiosity was much excited, and this was the design of our Lord, that he might have her mind properly prepared to receive the great truths which he was about to announce.


 
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