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John 7:38

FaithThe Holy SpiritNew life and rebirthJesus Christ

36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

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BSB
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
KJV
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
WEB
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
ASV
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.
DARBY
He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
BLB
The one believing in Me, as the Scripture said: ‘Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.’”
ÅB
Den som tror på meg, av hans liv skal det, som Skriften har sagt, rinne strømmer av levende vann.
OTB
Den som tror på meg, som Skriften har sagt, fra hans indre skal det flyte strømmer av levende vann.»
B1930
Den som tror på mig, av hans liv skal det, som Skriften har sagt, rinne strømmer av levende vann.

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Cross references

  • John 4:14

    But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

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  • Isaiah 44:3

    For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

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  • Isaiah 58:11

    And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

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  • Isaiah 12:3

    Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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  • John 4:10

    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.

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  • Proverbs 10:11

    The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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  • Zechariah 14:8

    And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

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  • Proverbs 18:4

    The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

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