John 4:16

New Living Translation

"Go and get your husband," Jesus told her.

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

New Revised Standard
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 He had to go through Samaria on the way. ⁵ Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶ Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. ⁷ Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink." ⁸ He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food. ⁹ The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, "You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?" ¹⁰ Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water." ¹¹ "But sir, you don't have a rope or a bucket," she said, "and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water? ¹² And besides, do you think you're greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?" ¹³ Jesus replied, "Anyone who drinks this water will soon become 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
When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees.

Genesis 4:14
You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!"

Exodus 20:18
When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the ram's horn, and when they saw the flashes of lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain, they stood at a distance, trembling with fear.

2 Kings 13:23
But the Lord was gracious and merciful to the people of Israel, and they were not totally destroyed. He pitied them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day he still has not completely destroyed them or banished them from his presence.

2 Kings 24:20
These things happened because of the Lord 's anger against the people of Jerusalem and Judah, until he finally banished them from his presence and sent them into exile. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Job 1:12
"All right, you may test him," the Lord said to Satan. "Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don't harm him physically." So Satan left the Lord 's presence.

Job 2:7
So Satan left the Lord 's presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.

Job 20:17
They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil or rivers of milk and honey.

Psalms 5:11
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them sing joyful praises forever. Spread your protection over them, that all who love your name may be filled with joy.

Psalms 68:2
Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of 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.