12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?


In Context

9 The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

10 Jesus answered and said unto 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.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

14 but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

John 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his children, and his cattle?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Art 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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Are you greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?