9The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, |How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?| (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)


In Context

6 Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, |Give me a drink.|

8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

9 The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, |How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?| (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

10 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.|

11 The woman said to him, |Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?

John 4:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:9The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans. )

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Then 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:9The 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.)

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask to drink of me who am a Samaritan woman? for Jews have no intercourse with Samaritans.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:9The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria to him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9the Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, 'How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?' for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Then said the woman of Samaria to him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.