John 7:38

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says,‘From within him will flow rivers of living water.’”

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, καθὼς εἶπεν ἡ γραφή, ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος.

Transliteration

The one pisteuōn eis eme, kathōs eipen the graphē, potamoi from the koilias of him rheusousin hydatos zōntos.

Grammar Details

• *pisteuōn*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - believing
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - in/into
• *eme*: accusative, 1st person singular pronoun - me
• *kathōs*: adverb - just as/according as
• *eipen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *graphē*: nominative, feminine, singular - scripture/writing
• *potamoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - rivers/streams
• *koilias*: genitive, feminine, singular - belly/innermost being
• *rheusousin*: future, indicative, active, 3rd plural - will flow
• *hydatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - of water
• *zōntos*: present, participle, active, genitive, neuter, singular - living

Word Meanings

• *pisteuōn*: believing/trusting/having faith in
• *kathōs*: just as/according as/even as
• *eipen*: said/spoke/stated
• *graphē*: scripture/writing/sacred text
• *potamoi*: rivers/streams/flowing waters
• *koilias*: belly/innermost being/inner self/heart
• *rheusousin*: will flow/will stream/will gush forth
• *hydatos*: of water/water's
• *zōntos*: living/alive/life-giving

Referenced Verses

• Isa 58:11 : 11 The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.
• John 4:14 : 14 But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.”
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.
• Isa 12:3 : 3 Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered her,“If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you,‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
• Isa 59:21 : 21 “As for me, this is my promise to them,” says the LORD.“My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” says the LORD.
• Prov 10:11 : 11 The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.
• Prov 18:4 : 4 The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
• Deut 18:15 : 15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you– from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.
• Ezek 47:1-9 : 1 Water from the Temple Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east(for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar. 2 He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed that the water was trickling out from the south side. 3 When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet, and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep. 4 Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep. 5 Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed. 6 He said to me,“Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 When I had returned, I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides. 8 He said to me,“These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the rift valley; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh. 9 Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows. 10 Fishermen will stand beside it; from En Gedi to En Eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea. 11 But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty. 12 On both sides of the river’s banks, every kind of tree will grow for food. Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail, but they will bear fruit every month, because their water source flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
• Job 32:18-19 : 18 For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me. 19 Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst!
• Zech 14:8 : 8 Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it will happen both in summer and in winter.