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?'


In Context

9 the 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.

10 Jesus answered and said to her, 'If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.'

11 The woman saith to him, 'Sir, thou hast not even a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; whence, then, hast thou the living water?

12 Art 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?'

13 Jesus answered and said to her, 'Every one who is drinking of this water shall thirst again;

14 but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst — to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'

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 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 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?