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


In Context

9 Then that Samaritan woman saith to him: How dost thou, being a Jew, ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews do not communicate with the Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and who he is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11 The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou living water?

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

13 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:

14 But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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