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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered, &#8220Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone drinking of this water will thirst again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, &#8220Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus said, &#8220Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered, "Those who drink this water will get thirsty again, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, ?Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Jesus replied, "Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who is drinking of this water will thirst again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone drinking of this water will thirst again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jesus answered and said to her, 'Every one who is drinking of this water shall thirst again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, All drinking of this water shall thirst again:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again; but he that shall drink of the water that I will give him, shall not thirst for ever: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Jesus responded and said to her: “All who drink from this water will thirst again. But whoever shall drink from the water that I will give to him will not thirst for eternity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Yeshua answered and said to her, “Everyone who shall drink from these waters shall thirst again;<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her: "Whoever drinks of this water, will thirst again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus responded and said to her, <FR>Every one drinking of this water shall thirst again:<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one who drinketh of this water shall thirst again:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered her, they that drink of this water, will be thirsty again:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to her, <FR>"Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again;<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said unto her, <FR>Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst again;<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/4-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=1000" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/4.htm">Jesus and the Samaritan Woman</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?” <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: Apekrithē (V-AIP-3S) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">said</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autē (PPro-DF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to her,</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: Pas (Adj-NMS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">“Everyone</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who</a> <a href="/greek/4095.htm" title="4095: pinōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.">drinks</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out."></a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: toutou (DPro-GNS) -- This; he, she, it. ">this</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5204.htm" title="5204: hydatos (N-GNS) -- Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively.">water</a> <a href="/greek/1372.htm" title="1372: dipsēsei (V-FIA-3S) -- To thirst for, desire earnestly. From a variation of dipsos; to thirst for.">will be thirsty</a> <a href="/greek/3825.htm" title="3825: palin (Adv) -- Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.">again.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">14</span>But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-38</a></span><br />On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a></span><br />“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-6.htm">Revelation 21:6</a></span><br />And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-17.htm">Revelation 22:17</a></span><br />The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a></span><br />“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-13.htm">Jeremiah 17:13</a></span><br />O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-6.htm">Matthew 5:6</a></span><br />Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">Psalm 42:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. / My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/12-3.htm">Isaiah 12:3</a></span><br />With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a></span><br />For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a></span><br />For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-27.htm">John 6:27</a></span><br />Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-51.htm">John 6:51</a></span><br />I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinks of this water shall thirst again:</p><p class="hdg">Whosoever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/6-27.htm">John 6:27,49</a></b></br> Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Isaiah 65:13,14</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/16-24.htm">Luke 16:24</a></b></br> And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/2-16.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/mark/2-16.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/john/4-10.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/2-25.htm">Need</a> <a href="/matthew/25-42.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/matthew/25-44.htm">Thirsty</a> <a href="/john/4-12.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/4-14.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/john/6-54.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/john/4-14.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/john/4-16.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/4-14.htm">Need</a> <a href="/john/4-14.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/john/4-15.htm">Thirsty</a> <a href="/john/4-14.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">John 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-1.htm">Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-27.htm">His disciples marvel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-31.htm">He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-39.htm">Many Samaritans believe on him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-43.htm">He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Jesus said to her</b><br>This phrase highlights Jesus' direct engagement with the Samaritan woman at the well, breaking cultural norms of the time. Jewish men typically did not speak publicly with women, especially Samaritan women, due to longstanding animosity between Jews and Samaritans (<a href="/john/4-9.htm">John 4:9</a>). This interaction underscores Jesus' mission to reach all people, transcending social and ethnic barriers, as seen in His ministry to Gentiles and marginalized groups (<a href="/matthew/15-21.htm">Matthew 15:21-28</a>).<p><b>Everyone who drinks this water</b><br>Here, "this water" refers to the physical water from Jacob's well, a significant historical and religious site for both Jews and Samaritans. The well symbolizes the old covenant and the limitations of the Law, which could not provide eternal satisfaction or salvation. The reference to "everyone" emphasizes the universal human condition of spiritual thirst and the inadequacy of earthly solutions to fulfill spiritual needs.<p><b>will be thirsty again</b><br>This phrase illustrates the temporary nature of physical and worldly solutions to spiritual problems. It echoes the theme of human insufficiency and the need for something greater, as seen in <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:8</a>, where human desires are never fully satisfied. The statement foreshadows Jesus' offer of "living water" (<a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>), which represents the Holy Spirit and eternal life, fulfilling prophecies like <a href="/isaiah/55.htm">Isaiah 55:1-3</a> about God's provision of spiritual sustenance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure of the New Testament, the Son of God, who offers spiritual truths and eternal life.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_samaritan_woman.htm">The Samaritan Woman</a></b><br>A woman from Samaria who encounters Jesus at Jacob's well. Her interaction with Jesus reveals deep spiritual truths.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob's_well.htm">Jacob's Well</a></b><br>A historical and significant location in Samaria where Jesus meets the Samaritan woman. It symbolizes the old covenant and physical sustenance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a></b><br>A region between Judea and Galilee, often avoided by Jews due to historical enmity, highlighting Jesus' breaking of social barriers.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a></b><br>Followers of Jesus who are absent during the initial conversation but later return, witnessing the impact of Jesus' teaching.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_vs._the_eternal.htm">The Temporary vs. the Eternal</a></b><br>Earthly solutions and pleasures are temporary and cannot satisfy our deepest needs. Only Jesus offers eternal satisfaction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_thirst.htm">Spiritual Thirst</a></b><br>Recognize the spiritual thirst within us that only Jesus can quench. Pursue a relationship with Him to find true fulfillment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/breaking_barriers.htm">Breaking Barriers</a></b><br>Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman teaches us to break social and cultural barriers to share the Gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_water.htm">Living Water</a></b><br>Understand that the living water Jesus offers is the Holy Spirit, who indwells believers and provides continual spiritual nourishment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/evangelism.htm">Evangelism</a></b><br>Like the Samaritan woman, once we encounter Jesus, we are called to share our experience and lead others to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_all-knowing_and_all-powerful.htm">What brings true satisfaction in life according to scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'wells_of_salvation'_purely_symbolic.htm">Isaiah 12:3: Does the metaphor of drawing water from the “wells of salvation” reflect a purely symbolic concept with no scientific or historical grounding? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_brings_true_satisfaction_in_scripture.htm">What brings true satisfaction in life according to scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_monergism_in_salvation.htm">What is the significance of the Water of Life?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13, 14) <span class= "bld">Whosoever drinketh of this water.</span>--Jesus does not answer her question, but asserts the universal recurrence of thirst, after even the water of Jacob's well, to lead her to the thought that His "living water" is something widely different.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Jesus answered and said</span> <span class="cmt_word">to her</span> - leaving the question of his superiority to "our father Jacob" to be settled when she should understand him better - <span class="cmt_word">Every one who drinketh</span> (<span class="cmt_word">is in the habit of drinking</span>) <span class="cmt_word">from this water, or any similar fountain, will thirst again.</span> Earthly desires obtain temporary satisfaction, and then resume their sway. Our whole life is made up of intermittent desires and partial satisfaction, of passion and satiation, of <span class="accented">ennui</span> and then of some new longing. This flow and ebb, ebb and flow, of desire belong to the very nature of human appetite. More than that, human desire is never really satiated. Our souls can never be at rest till they find rest in God. This water, even from the well of Jacob, is no exception to the rule. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/4-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Jesus</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰησοῦς</span> <span class="translit">(Iēsous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="grk">εἶπεν</span> <span class="translit">(eipen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> </span><span class="str2">Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to her,</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῇ</span> <span class="translit">(autē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Everyone</span><br /><span class="grk">Πᾶς</span> <span class="translit">(Pas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">drinks</span><br /><span class="grk">πίνων</span> <span class="translit">(pinōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4095.htm">Strong's 4095: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="grk">τούτου</span> <span class="translit">(toutou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> </span><span class="str2">This; he, she, it. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">water</span><br /><span class="grk">ὕδατος</span> <span class="translit">(hydatos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5204.htm">Strong's 5204: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be thirsty</span><br /><span class="grk">διψήσει</span> <span class="translit">(dipsēsei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1372.htm">Strong's 1372: </a> </span><span class="str2">To thirst for, desire earnestly. From a variation of dipsos; to thirst for.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">again.</span><br /><span class="grk">πάλιν</span> <span class="translit">(palin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3825.htm">Strong's 3825: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/john/4-13.htm">NT Gospels: John 4:13 Jesus answered her Everyone who drinks (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/4-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 4:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 4:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/4-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 4:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 4:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>