King James Version

John 4:15

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “I may come” (διέρχωμαι) before here here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “I may be coming” (ἔρχωμαι) before here here.

λέγειlegeisaithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith”, an ongoing or repeated 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.saithπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γυνήgunēwomanγυνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “woman”, the subject formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.ΚύριεkurieSirκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Sir”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “sir”.Sirδόςdosgiveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.giveμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὕδωρhudōrwaterὕδωρnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “water”, the object formG5204water.waterἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.διψῶdipsōI thirstδιψάω (dipsaō)verb, present active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “I thirst”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1372I thirst for, desire earnestly.I thirstμηδὲmēdeneitherμηδέconjunction — “neither”G3366and not, not even, neither...nor.neitherδιέρχωμαιdierchōmaicomeδιέρχομαι (dierchomai)verb, present middle subjunctive, 1st person singular — “come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1330I pass through, spread (as a report).comeἐνθάδεenthadehitherἐνθάδεadverb — “hither”G1759here, in this place.hitherἀντλεῖνantleinto drawἀντλέω (antleō)verb, present active infinitive — “to draw”, an ongoing or repeated actionG501I draw (generally water from a deep well in the ground); perhaps: I draw out.This verse uses “draw”.to draw

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἔρχωμαιerchōmaicomeἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle or passive subjunctive, 1st person singular — “come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

The woman saith unto him, 'Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.

Young’s Literal Translation

The woman saith unto him, 'Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.'

World English Bible

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

Darby Translation

The woman says to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst nor come here to draw.

Douay-Rheims

The woman saith to him: Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

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