Verse 10

Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Jesus svarte og sa til henne: "Hvis du visste hva Guds gave er, og hvem det er som sier til deg, 'Gi meg å drikke,' ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann."

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Jesus svarte og sa til henne: "Hvis du bare visste hva Guds gave er, og hvem det er som sier til deg: 'Gi meg å drikke', ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann."

• Norsk King James

  Jesus svarte og sa til henne, Dersom du visste Guds gave, og hvem det er som sier til deg, Gi meg å drikke; da ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jesus svarte henne: Hvis du hadde kjent Guds gave, og hvem det er som sier til deg: Gi meg noe å drikke, hadde du bedt ham, og han ville gi deg levende vann.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Jesus svarte og sa til henne: Hvis du hadde kjent Guds gave og hvem det er som sier til deg: Gi meg å drikke, da ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Jesus svarte henne: «Hvis du hadde visst om Guds gave, og hvem det er som sier til deg: 'Gi meg å drikke', så ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jesus svarte henne: Om du kjente Guds gave og visste hvem det er som sier til deg: Gi meg å drikke, da ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville gi deg levende vann.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jesus svarte: 'Hadde du kjent til Guds gave og visst hvem som sier til deg: «Gi meg noe å drikke», da ville du bedt ham, og han ville gitt deg levende vann.'

• gpt4.5-preview

  Jesus svarte henne: «Hvis du kjente Guds gave og visste hvem det er som sier til deg: ‘Gi meg å drikke’, da ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville gitt deg det levende vann.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Jesus svarte henne: «Hvis du kjente Guds gave og visste hvem det er som sier til deg: ‘Gi meg å drikke’, da ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville gitt deg det levende vann.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jesus svarte henne: "Hvis du hadde visst Guds gave, og hvem det er som sier til deg: 'Gi meg noe å drikke,' ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann."

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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."

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Jesus svarte henne: «Hvis du hadde kjent Guds gave og visste hvem som sier til deg: 'Gi meg å drikke', da ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jesus svarede og sagde til hende: Dersom du kjendte den Guds Gave, og hvo den er, som siger til dig: Giv mig at drikke, da bad du ham, og han gav dig levende Vand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jesus svarte og sa til henne: Om du bare visste Guds gave, og hvem det er som sier til deg: Gi meg å drikke, da ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville gitt deg levende vann.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jesus svarte henne: "Hvis du kjente Guds gave, og hvem det er som sier til deg, 'Gi meg noe å drikke,' ville du ha spurt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jesus svarte henne: «Om du hadde kjent Guds gave, og hvem det er som sier til deg: 'Gi meg å drikke', da ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jesus svarte henne: Hvis du hadde kjent Guds gave, og hvem det er som sier til deg: Gi meg å drikke, så ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jesus svarte henne: Hvis du kjente Guds gave og visste hvem det er som sier til deg: Gi meg vann, ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Iesus answered and sayde vnto hir: yf thou knewest the gyfte of God and who it is that sayeth to the geve me drynke thou woldest have axed of him and he wolde have geven the water of lyfe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Iesus answered, and sayde vnto her: Yf thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that sayeth vnto the, geue me drynke, thou woldest axe of him, and he wolde geue the, the water of life.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Iesus answered and saide vnto her, If thou knewest that gift of God, and who it is that saieth to thee, Giue mee drinke, thou wouldest haue asked of him, and hee woulde haue giuen thee, water of life.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: yf thou knewest the gyft of God, & who it is that sayeth to thee geue me drynke, thou wouldest haue asked of hym, and he woulde haue geuen thee water of lyfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Jesus answered and said to her, `If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and carved themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
• John 4:14 : 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who hears say, Come. And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
• Rev 21:6 : 6 And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely.
• Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• John 7:37-39 : 37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. 39 But this he spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
• 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank from that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
• Zech 14:8 : 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.
• John 6:35 : 35 And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he who comes to me shall never hunger; and he who believes in me shall never thirst.
• John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring:
• Rev 22:1-2 : 1 And he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
• Isa 49:10 : 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water he shall guide them.
• Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance. 3 Incline your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.
• Isa 12:3 : 3 Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation.
• Isa 35:6 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing: for waters shall burst forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
• John 4:25-26 : 25 The woman said to him, I know that Messiah is coming, who is called Christ. When he comes, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus said to her, I who speak to you am he.
• Luke 11:8-9 : 8 I say to you, Though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. 9 And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened.
• Luke 11:13 : 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
• Luke 18:13-14 : 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
• Ps 36:8-9 : 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures. 9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light.
• Ps 46:4 : 4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
• Exod 17:6 : 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
• Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
• Ezek 47:1-9 : 1 Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house; and, behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house faced east, and the waters came down from under the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around outside to the outer gate facing east; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 3 And when the man who had the measuring line in his hand went eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and brought me through the waters; the waters were ankle-deep. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were waist-deep. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not cross: for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be crossed. 6 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on one side and on the other. 8 Then he said to me, These waters flow toward the eastern region, and go into the desert, and go into the sea: which when flowing into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature that moves, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall go there: for they shall be healed; and everything shall live wherever the river comes.
• Isa 49:6-8 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth. 7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to the servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you. 8 Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
• Isa 42:6 : 6 I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
• Isa 43:20 : 20 The beast of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen.
• Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day, there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for impurities.
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Isa 41:17-18 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
• Luke 23:42-43 : 42 Then he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom. 43 And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise.
• John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
• 2 Cor 9:15 : 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift.
• Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
• Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and do not know that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see.
• John 9:35-38 : 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he found him, he said to him, Do you believe in the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe in him? 37 And Jesus said to him, You have both seen him, and it is he who talks with you. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.
• John 16:3 : 3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
• Acts 9:11 : 11 And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,
• Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And he prayed to him, and he was entreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
• 2 Chr 33:18-19 : 18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, are written in the book of the kings of Israel. 19 Also his prayer, how God was entreated of him, all his sin and trespass, and the places where he built high places and set up groves and carved images, before he humbled himself, are written among the sayings of the seers.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,