John 4:12 “Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank…”

John 4:12

Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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?'

Bible in Basic English

Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?

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Cross references

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

John 8:53 Matthew 12:42 Hebrews 3:3 Isaiah 53:2 Isaiah 53:3

John 8:53 · BSB

Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”

Matthew 12:42 · BSB

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

Hebrews 3:3 · BSB

For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

Isaiah 53:2 · BSB

He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

Isaiah 53:3 · BSB

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Also

John 4:6

John 4:6 · BSB

Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

13Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

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