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11 translations · Greek

John 7:37

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!

World English Bible
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John 7:37 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
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!
KJV King James Version
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
ASV American Standard Version
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And in the last, the great day of the celebration, Jesus stood and cried, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink;
FBV Free Bible Version
On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted out in a loud voice, “If you're thirsty, come to me and drink.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And in the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, 'If any one doth thirst, let him come unto me and drink;
DBY Darby Translation
In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
WBT Webster’s Bible
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsteth, let him come to me, and drink.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
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!
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.

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
Ἐν En On G1722 ἐν in/on/among
δὲ de — G1161 δέ then
τῇ tē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἐσχάτῃ eschatē last G2078 ἔσχατος last/least
ἡμέρᾳ hēmera day G2250 ἡμέρα day
τῇ tē [and] G3588 ὁ the/this/who
μεγάλῃ megalē greatest G3173 μέγας great
τῆς tēs of the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἑορτῆς heortēs feast G1859 ἑορτή festival
εἱστήκει heistēkei stood up G2476 ἵστημι to stand
ὁ ho — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Ἰησοῦς Iēsous Jesus G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ἔκραξεν ekraxen called out in a loud voice G2896 κράζω to cry
λέγων legōn — G3004 λέγω to say
Ἐάν Ean If G1437 ἐάν if
τις tis anyone G5100 τις one
διψᾷ dipsa is thirsty G1372 διψάω to thirst
ἐρχέσθω erchesthō let him come G2064 ἔρχομαι to come/go
πρός pros to G4314 πρός to/with
με me Me G1473 ἐγώ I/we
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
πινέτω pinetō drink G4095 πίνω to drink
  • Isaiah 55:1

    “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

  • 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.”

  • John 6:35

    Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

  • Isaiah 12:3

    Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.

  • Revelation 22:17

    The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

  • 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:

  • 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.”

  • Psalm 42:2

    My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 41:17–18

    The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

36 What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me; and where I am, you can’t come’?”

37 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!

38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

39 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.

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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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