John 4:7

International Standard Version

A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A woman of Samaria came to draw water.

King James Version (1611)
There commeth a woman of Samaria to draw water: Iesus sayth vnto her, Giue me to drinke.

King James Version
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

English Standard Version
A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

New American Standard Bible
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

New Century Version
When a Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

Amplified Bible
Then a woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink"—

New American Standard Bible (1995)
There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

Legacy Standard Bible
A woman of Samaria *came to draw water. Jesus *said to her, "Give Me a drink."

Berean Standard Bible
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

Complete Jewish Bible
A woman from Shomron came to draw some water; and Yeshua said to her, "Give me a drink of water."

Darby Translation
A woman comes out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink

Easy-to-Read Version
A Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

Geneva Bible (1587)
There came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayd vnto her, Giue me drinke.

George Lamsa Translation
And there came a woman from Samaria to draw water; and Jesus said to her, Give me water to drink.

Good News Translation
A Samaritan woman came to draw some water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink of water."

Lexham English Bible
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me water to drink."

Literal Translation
A woman came out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give Me some to drink.

American Standard Version
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

Bible in Basic English
A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water.

Hebrew Names Version
A woman of Shomron came to draw water. Yeshua said to her, "Give me a drink."

Etheridge Translation
There came a woman from Shomreen to draw waters, and Jeshu said to her, Give me waters to drink.

Murdock Translation
And a woman from Samaria came to draw water. And Jesus said to her: Give me water to drink.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there came a woman of Samaria to drawe water: Iesus sayth vnto her, geue me drynke.

English Revised Version
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

World English Bible
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.

Weymouth's New Testament
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And a womman cam fro Samarie, to drawe watir. And Jhesus seith to hir, Yyue me drynk.

Update Bible Version
There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.

Webster's Bible Translation
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.

New English Translation
A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink."

New King James Version
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

New Living Translation
Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

New Life Bible
A woman of Samaria came to get water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

New Revised Standard
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her - Give me to drink!

Douay-Rheims Bible
There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink.

Revised Standard Version
There came a woman of Samar'ia to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and there came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. And Iesus sayde vnto her: geve me drynke.

Young's Literal Translation
there cometh a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, `Give me to drink;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came there a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayde vnto her: Geue me drynke.

Mace New Testament (1729)
where a woman of Samaria being come to draw water, Jesus said to her, give me to drink.

THE MESSAGE
A 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.)

Simplified Cowboy Version
About this time, a Samaritan woman came by to get some water and Jesus asked her, "Would you fetch me a drink, ma'am?"

Contextual Overview

⁴ Now it was necessary for him to go through Samaria. ⁵ So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.Genesis 33:19; 48:22; Joshua 24:32;">[xr] ⁶ Jacob's Well was also there, and Jesus, tired out by the journey, sat down by the well. It was about twelve noon.the sixth hour">[fn] ⁷ A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink." ⁸ For his disciples had gone off into town to buy food. ⁹ The Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews do not have anything to do with Samaritans.For Jews do not have anything to do with Samaritans.">[fn]2 Kings 17:24; Luke 9:52-53; Acts 10:28;">[xr] ¹⁰ Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, 'Please give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask him, and he would have given you living water."Isaiah 12:3; 44:3; Jeremiah 2:13; Zechariah 13:1; 14:8;">[xr] ¹¹ The womanShe">[fn] said to him, "Sir, you don't have a bucket, and the well is deep. Where are you going to get this living water? ¹² You're not greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it, along with his sons and his flocks, are you?" ¹³ Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Give: John 4:10, John 19:28, Genesis 24:43, 2 Samuel 23:15-17, 1 Kings 17:10, Matthew 10:42

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:11 - women go out to draw water Genesis 24:13 - daughters Genesis 24:17 - Let Judges 4:19 - Give me Ruth 2:9 - go Mark 11:12 - he was Luke 19:5 - he looked John 4:28 - General

Cross-References

Acts 10:35
Indeed, the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him in any nation.Acts 15:9; Romans 2:13,27; 10:12-13; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 2:13,18; 3:6;">[xr]

Romans 6:16
Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey - either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?Matthew 6:24; John 8:34; 2 Peter 2:19;">[xr]

Romans 12:1
I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.to God, your reasonable worship">[fn]Psalm 50:13-14; Romans 6:13,16, 19; Romans 6:13,16, 19,1 Corinthians 6:13,20; 2 Corinthians 10:1; Hebrews 10:20; 1 Peter 2:5;">[xr]

Romans 14:18
For the person who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.2 Corinthians 8:21;">[xr]

Romans 15:16
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable because it has been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.Isaiah 66:20; Romans 11:13; Galatians 2:7-9; Philippians 2:17; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11;">[xr]

Ephesians 1:6
so that we would praiseto the praise of">[fn] his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.Matthew 3:17; 17:5; John 3:35; 10:17; Romans 3:24; 5:15;">[xr]

1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.Genesis 45:10-11; Matthew 15:4; Ephesians 6:1-2; 1 Timothy 2:3;">[xr]

Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did,did">[fn] and by it he was declared to be righteous, since God himself accepted his offerings. And by faithby it">[fn] he continues to speak, even though he is dead.Genesis 4:4,10; Matthew 23:35; Hebrews 12:24; 1 John 3:12;">[xr]

James 1:15
When that desire becomes pregnant, it gives birth to sin; when that sin grows up, it gives birth to death.Job 1:15:35; Psalm 7:14; Romans 6:21,23;">[xr]

1 Peter 2:5
you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.Isaiah 61:6; 66:21; Hosea 14:2; Malachi 1:11; Romans 12:1; Ephesians 2:21-22; Philippians 4:18; Hebrews 3:6; 13:15-16; 1 Peter 4:11; 2:9;">[xr]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There cometh a woman of Samaria,.... Or "out of Samaria"; not out of the city of Samaria, but out of the country of Samaria; out of Sychar, a city of Samaria: her coming was not by chance, but by the providence of God, and agreeably to his purpose, who orders all things according to the counsel of his will; and it is an amazing instance of grace, that a woman, a Samaritan woman, a lewd and infamous one, should be a chosen vessel of salvation, should be the object of divine favour, and be effectually called by the grace of God; when so many wise, learned, and religious men in Judea, were passed by; and not only so, but she was the happy means of conveying the knowledge of the Saviour to many of her neighbours: she came, indeed,

to draw water; for her present temporal use and service; she little thought of meeting at Jacob's well, with Christ the fountain of gardens, and well of living water; she came for natural water, having no notion of water in a spiritual sense: or of carrying back with her the water of life, even a well of it, springing up to everlasting life:

Jesus saith unto her, give me to drink; that is, water to drink, out of the pot or pitcher, she brought with her, for he was athirst; which is another proof of the truth of his human nature, and of his taking it, with the sinless infirmities of it: though indeed this request was made, to introduce a discourse with the woman, he having a more violent thirst, and a stronger desire, after the welfare of her immortal soul.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of Samaria - Not of the “city” of Samaria, for this was at a distance of 8 miles, but a woman who was a Samaritan, and doubtless from the city of Sychar.

Give me to drink - This was in the heat of the day, and when Jesus was weary with his journey. The request was also made that it might give him occasion to discourse with her on the subject of religion, and in this instance we have a specimen of the remarkably happy manner in which he could lead on a conversation so as to introduce the subject of religion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 4:7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water — That this was the employment of the females, we see in different parts of the Sacred Writings. See Genesis 24:11, c. Exodus 2:16, and the note at the end of that chapter. The Jews say that those who wished to get wives went to the wells where young women were accustomed to come and draw water; and it is supposed that women of ill fame frequented such places also. See several proofs in Schoettgen.