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John 4:13

Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “who” (ὁ) before is drinking here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidαὐτῇautēunto herαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “unto her”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto herΠᾶςpasWhosoeverπᾶςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “Whosoever”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.Whosoeverὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πίνωνpinōndrinkethπίνω (pinō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “drinketh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4095I drink, imbibe.drinkethἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὕδατοςhudatoswaterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “water”, the of-formG5204water.waterτούτουtoutouthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, neuter — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.διψήσειdipsēseishall thirstδιψάω (dipsaō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall thirst”, an action still aheadG1372I thirst for, desire earnestly.shall thirstπάλινpalinagainπάλινadverb — “again”G3825again, back, once more, further, on the other hand.This verse uses “again”.again

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Jesus answered her, “ Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again ,

Darby Translation

Jesus answered and said to her, Every one who drinks of this water shall thirst again;

Douay-Rheims

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:

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