11 translations · Greek
John 4:10
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
John 4:10 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
- KJV King James Version
- Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Jesus 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.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, Give Me to drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Jesus answered her, “If you only recognized God's gift, and who is asking you, ‘Please could you give me a drink?’ you would have asked him and he would have given you the water of life.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Jesus answered and said to her, 'If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and who he is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἀπεκρίθη | Apekrithē | answered | G611 ἀποκρίνω to answer |
| Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| εἶπεν | eipen | — | G2036 εἶπον to say |
| αὐτῇ | autē | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| Εἰ | Ei | If | G1487 εἰ if |
| ᾔδεις | ēdeis | you knew | G1492 εἴδω to perceive: understand |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δωρεὰν | dōrean | gift | G1431 δωρεά free gift |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τίς | tis | who | G5101 τίς which? |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| λέγων | legōn | asking | G3004 λέγω to say |
| σοι | soi | you | G4771 σύ you |
| Δός | Dos | [for] | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| μοι | moi | — | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| πεῖν | pein | a drink | G4095 πίνω to drink |
| σὺ | sy | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ἂν | an | — | G302 ἄν if |
| ᾔτησας | ētēsas | would have asked | G154 αἰτέω to ask |
| αὐτὸν | auton | Him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἔδωκεν | edōken | He would have given | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| ἄν | an | — | G302 ἄν if |
| σοι | soi | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ὕδωρ | hydōr | water | G5204 ὕδωρ water |
| ζῶν | zōn | living | G2198 ζάω to live |
Related verses
- John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Revelation 7:17
for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
- John 7:37–39
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.” But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
- Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
- Revelation 21:6
He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
- John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- Psalm 36:8–9
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures. For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.
- Jeremiah 2:13
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
- Revelation 22:1–2
He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
- Zechariah 14:8
It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter will it be.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
12 Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?”
Read all of John 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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