11 translations · Greek
John 7:38
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
John 7:38 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
- KJV King James Version
- He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- he who is believing in Me, according as the Writing said, Rivers of living water will flow out of his belly”;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- If you trust in me, you will have streams of life-giving water flowing out from within you, as Scripture says.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | Whoever | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πιστεύων | pisteuōn | believes | G4100 πιστεύω to trust (in) |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 εἰς toward |
| ἐμέ | eme | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| καθὼς | kathōs | as | G2531 καθώς as/just as |
| εἶπεν | eipen | has said | G2036 εἶπον to say |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γραφή | graphē | Scripture | G1124 γραφή a writing |
| Ποταμοὶ | Potamoi | Streams | G4215 ποταμός river |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κοιλίας | koilias | [within] | G2836 κοιλία belly/womb/stomach |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ῥεύσουσιν | rheusousin | will flow | G4482 ῥέω to flow |
| ὕδατος | hydatos | water | G5204 ὕδωρ water |
| ζῶντος | zōntos | of 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.”
- 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:
- Isaiah 58:11
and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don’t fail.
- Isaiah 12:3
Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
- 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.”
- Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
- 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.
- Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
- Galatians 5:22–23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- Isaiah 59:21
“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from henceforth and forever.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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.
40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
Read all of John 7 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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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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