John 4:17

Green's Literal Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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:

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;

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,'

Christian Standard Bible®
"I don't have a husband," she answered. "You have correctly said, ‘I don't have a husband,'" Jesus said.

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;

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:

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."

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';

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:

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.

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

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!

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;

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;

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.'

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:

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

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

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.

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.

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';

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.

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

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;

Contextual Overview

⁴ And it was needful for Him to pass through Samaria. ⁵ And He came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the piece of land Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶ And Jacob's fountain was there. Then being wearied by the journey, Jesus sat thus on the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. ⁷ A woman came out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give Me some to drink. ⁸ For His disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions. ⁹ Then the Samaritan woman said to Him, How do You, being a Jew, ask to drink from me, I being a Samaritan woman? For Jews do not deal with Samaritans. ¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who is the One saying to you, Give Me to drink, you would have asked Him, and He would give you living water. ¹¹ The woman said to Him, Sir, You have no vessel, and the well is deep. From where then do You have living water? ¹² Are You greater than our father Jacob who gave us the well, and he and his sons and his livestock drank out of it? ¹³ Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone drinking of this water will thirst again;

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: John 4:29 - General Romans 11:20 - Well

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
And Abel brought, he also, from the firstlings of his flocks, even from their fat. And Jehovah looked to Abel and to his offering.

Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed more than the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Genesis 5:18
And Jared lived one hundred and sixty two years and fathered Enoch.

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he fathered Methuselah. And he fathered sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower with its head in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, that we not be scattered on the face of all the earth.

2 Samuel 18:18
And during his lifetime Absalom had taken and set up for himself a standing-pillar, which is in the King's Valley. For he said, I have no son to cause my name to be remembered. And he called the standing pillar by his name and it is calledAbsalom's Monument to this day.

Psalms 49:11
Their inward thought is that their houses shall last forever, their dwelling-places to all generations; they call lands after their own names.

Daniel 4:30
The king spoke and said, Is this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

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.