John 4:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁷ [About then] a Samaritan woman came [to the well] to draw water. Jesus said to her, “[Please] give me a drink.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Presently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

Common English Bible

⁷ A Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ A woman of Samaria arrived to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me to drink."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink.

John 4:7 Cross References

Matthew 10:42

Truly I tell you, whoever gives a mere drink of cold water to one of these least significant [disciples of mine] because he is a disciple, will certainly not lose his [temporal or eternal] reward.”

John 19:28

Now Jesus knew that everything had been completed [i.e., relating to His crucifixion], so then He said, in order to fulfill Scripture [Psa. 69:21], “I am thirsty.”

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you [only] knew the [real] gift of God, and who it is that said to you, ‘[Please], give me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

John 4:6

Jacob’s [spring-fed] well was there so Jesus, tired from His [long] journey, sat down beside the well just as He was [i.e., before doing anything else]. It was about six o’clock in the morning [Note: This would have been 12 o’clock noon if Jewish time were meant].

John 4:8

(Now Jesus’ disciples had gone away to town to buy some food).