John 4:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ Jesus replied to her, “Go call your husband and [then] come here.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ At this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back here.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Go, get your husband, and come back here.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and return here."

John 4:16 Cross References

Hebrews 4:13

And no created being is hidden from God’s sight, but everything is laid bare and is openly visible to the eyes of God, to whom we must give account.

Revelation 2:23

And I will strike her children dead [or, “kill her children by some terrible calamity” See Ex. 5:3 LXX]. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who searches the inmost being of people. [Note: The Greek says, “searches the kidneys and hearts.” In that day these internal organs stood for the inner thoughts, emotions, etc.]. And I will repay each one of you people according to what you have done.

John 21:17

Then Jesus asked him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you [truly] love me?” Peter was sad because Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you [even] love me?” So, he said to Jesus, “Lord, you know all things. You [surely] know that I love you.” Jesus replied to him, “[Then] feed my sheep.

John 4:18

because you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not [really] your husband. So, you have told the truth.”

John 1:42

So, Andrew brought Simon Peter to Jesus. [And when] Jesus saw him, He said [to him], “You are Simon, the son of John [Note: Peter’s father is called Jonah in Matt. 16:17]; you will be called Cephas (which means Peter [i.e., “a stone.” See Matt. 16:18]).”

John 4:15

The woman [then] said to Him, “Sir, [please] give me [some of] that water, so that I do not get thirsty [again], or have to come all the way here to draw [water].”

John 4:17

The woman said to Him, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus said to her, “You were right when you said, ‘I do not have a husband,’