John 4:10

8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9 “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

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.”

11 “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
Jesus answered and said unto 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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is saying to you, ‘Give to Me to drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given to you living water.”
ÅB
Jesus svarte og sa til henne: Kjente du Guds gave, og visste du hvem det er som sier til deg: Gi meg å drikke! da hadde du bedt ham, og han hadde gitt deg levende vann.
OTB
Jesus svarte henne: «Hvis du visste om Guds gave og hvem det er som ber deg om noe å drikke, ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann.»
B1930
Jesus svarte og sa til henne: Kjente du Guds gave, og visste du hvem det er som sier til dig: Gi mig å drikke! da hadde du bedt ham, og han hadde gitt dig levende vann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 4:14

    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

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  • Revelation 7:17

    For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

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  • John 7:37–39

    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.

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  • Isaiah 44:3

    For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

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  • Revelation 21:6

    And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

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  • John 3:16

    For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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  • Psalms 36:8–9

    They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

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  • Jeremiah 2:13

    “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

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