John 4:18
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
- KJV
- For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
- WEB
- for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”
- ASV
- for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly.
- DARBY
- for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom now thou hast is not thy husband: this thou hast spoken truly.
- BLB
- For you have had five husbands, and the one whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truly.”
- ÅB
- for du har hatt fem menn, og den du nå har, er ikke din mann. Der talte du sant.
- OTB
- Du har hatt fem menn, og han du nå har, er ikke din mann. Det du har sagt, er sant.»
- B1930
- for du har hatt fem menn, og den du nu har, er ikke din mann. Der talte du sant.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 3:20
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
Read in contextRomans 7:3
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:10–11
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Read in contextMark 10:12
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Read in contextGenesis 34:7–8
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
Read in contextGenesis 34:31
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Read in contextGenesis 34:2
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Read in contextRuth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
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