John 4:12
Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?"
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
KJV1611 – Modern English
Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
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King James Version with Strong's Numbers
{G3361} Art{G1488}{(G5748)} thou{G4771} greater{G3187} than our{G2257} father{G3962} Jacob{G2384}, which{G3739} gave{G1325}{(G5656)} us{G2254} the well{G5421}, and{G2532} drank{G4095}{(G5627)} thereof{G1537}{G846} himself{G846}, and{G2532} his{G846} children{G5207}, and{G2532} his{G846} cattle{G2353}?
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
Arte thou greater then oure father Iacob which gave vs the well and he him silfe dranke therof and his chyldren and his catell?
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Art thou greater then oure father Iacob, which gaue vs this well? And he himself dranke therof, and his children, and his catell.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell?
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and he hym selfe dranke therof, and his chyldren, and his cattell?
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
Webster's Bible (1833)
Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his cattle?"
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?'
American Standard Version (1901)
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
American Standard Version (1901)
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?
World English Bible (2000)
Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?"
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Surely you’re not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock.”
Referenced Verses
- Isa 53:2-3 : 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty to attract us to him, and no appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
- Matt 12:42 : 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here.
- John 4:6 : 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 8:53 : 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died too. Who do you claim to be?"
- Heb 3:3 : 3 For Jesus has been found worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
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5 So he came to a city in Samaria called Sychar, near the land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."
8 (For his disciples had gone into the city to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do you get this living water?
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13 Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
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15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water."
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26 Jesus said to her, "I, the one speaking to you, am he."
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43 see, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,"
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45 Before I had finished speaking to myself, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, drew water, and I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'
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17 The servant hurried to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water from your jar."
18 "Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
19 After she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink."
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19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
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15 Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
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13 "See, I am standing here by the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
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30 He replied, 'Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.'
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