John 4:13

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Jesus answered, and said unto her - Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst, again;

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered and sayde vnto hir: whosoever drinketh of this water shall thurst agayne.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,

International Standard Version
Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again.

New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again;

New Century Version
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,

Update Bible Version
Jesus answered and said to her, Every one that drinks of this water shall thirst again:

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again:

English Standard Version
Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,

World English Bible
Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus answered and said to her, Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst again.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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,

English Revised Version
Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again.

Amplified Bible
Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

American Standard Version
Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again,

Darby Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, Every one who drinks of this water shall thirst again;

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu answered and said to her, Every one who shall drink of these waters again will thirst;

Murdock Translation
Jesus replied and said to her: Whoever shall drink of these waters, will thirst again;

King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:

New Living Translation
Jesus replied, "Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.

New Life Bible
Jesus said to her, "Whoever drinks this water will be thirsty again.

New Revised Standard
Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but he that shall drink of the water that I will give him shall not thirst for ever.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to her, "Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Whosoeuer drynketh of this water, shal thyrst agayne:

Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "Those who drink this water will get thirsty again,

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again.

King James Version
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

Lexham English Bible
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again.

Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone drinking of this water will thirst again;

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, `Every one who is drinking of this water shall thirst again;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered, and sayde vnto her: Who so euer drynketh of this water, shal thyrst agayne:

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answered her, they that drink of this water, will be thirsty again:

THE MESSAGE
Jesus said, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life."

New English Translation
Jesus replied, "Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty again.

New King James Version
Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus smiled as he kneeled down by the well and said, "Anyone who drinks this water will eventually get thirsty again.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;

Contextual Overview

⁴ Now he must needs pass through Samaria. ⁵ He cometh, therefore, unto a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground which Jacob gave unto Joseph his son. ⁶ Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, therefore, having become toil-worn with the journey, was sitting thus, upon the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. ⁷ There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her - Give me to drink! ⁸ for, his disciples, had gone away into the city, that, food, they might buy. ⁹ The Samaritan woman, therefore, saith unto him - How dost, thou, being, a Jew, ask to drink, of me, who am, a Samaritan woman? for, Jews, have no dealings with Samaritans. ¹⁰ Jesus answered, and said unto her - If thou hadst known the free gift of God, and who it is that is saying unto thee, Give me to drink, thou, wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living water. ¹¹ She saith unto him - Sir! not even a bucket, hast thou, - and, the well, is, deep: - Whence, then, hast thou the living water? ¹² Art, thou, greater than, our father Jacob, who gave us the well, - and, himself, out of it drank, and his sons, and his flocks? ¹³ Jesus answered, and said unto her - Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst, again;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Whosoever: John 6:27, John 6:49, Isaiah 65:13, Isaiah 65:14, Luke 16:24

Reciprocal: John 6:35 - never hunger

Cross-References

Job 15:22
He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;

Revelation 16:9
and mankind were scorched with a great scorching heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who had authority over these plagues, and repented not to give him glory.

Revelation 16:11
and they blasphemed the God of heaven, by reason of their pain, and by reason of their ulcers, and repented not of their works.

Revelation 16:21
And, great hail, as talents, cometh down out of heaven upon mankind; and men blasphemed God, by reason of the plague of hail, - because the plague thereof was, exceeding great.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered and said unto her,.... In a mild and gentle manner, patiently bearing all her scoffs and flouts, and continuing to instruct and inform her, concerning this living water, showing the preferableness of it to all others:

whosoever drinketh of this water; meaning in that well called Jacob's well, or any other common water:

shall thirst again; as this woman had often done, and would again, as she herself knew, John 4:15, and as Jesus did, who very likely afterwards drank of it, John 19:28. For though water allays heat, quenches thirst, and refreshes and revives the spirits for a while, yet in process of time, natural heat increases, and thirst returns, and there is a necessity of drinking water again.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall thirst again - Jesus did not directly answer her question, or say that he was greater than Jacob, but he gave her an answer by which she might infer that he was. He did not despise or undervalue Jacob or his gifts; but, however great might be the value of that well, the water could not altogether remove thirst.