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John 4:15

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

KJV

λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ γυνή· κύριε, δός μοι τοῦτο τὸ ὕδωρ, ἵνα μὴ διψῶ μηδὲ διέρχωμαι ἐνθάδε ἀντλεῖν.

Greek NT

Dicit ad eum mulier : Domine, da mihi hanc aquam, ut non sitiam, neque veniam huc haurire.

Vulgate

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.

ASV

The woman said to him: Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
διέρχομαι
dierchomai
verb · 41×
διψάω
dipsao
verb · 16×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μηδέ
mede
conjunction · 54×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀντλέω
antleo
verb · 4×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐνθάδε
enthade
adverb · 10×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὕδωρ
udor
noun · 76×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: διέρχωμαι | WH/NIV: διέρχωμαι | Treg: ἔρχωμαι | RP: ἔρχομαι
  • διέρχωμαιSBLGNT
  • διέρχωμαιWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἔρχωμαιTregelles
  • ἔρχομαιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
  • John 6:26 — Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
  • John 6:34 — Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
  • John 6:34 — Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
  • John 17:2 — As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
  • Ps 4:6 — There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 8:5 — For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.