King James Version

John 4:16

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the Jesus” (ὁ Ἰησοῦς·) before do go 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.saithαὐτῇautēunto herαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “unto her”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto herὝπαγεhupageGoὑπάγω (hupagō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Go”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.Goφώνησονphōnēsoncallφωνέω (phōneō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “call”, a single actionG5455I give forth a sound, hence: (a) of a cock: I crow, (b) of men: I shout, (c) trans: I call (to myself), summon; I invite, address.callτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνδραandrahusbandἀνήρ (anēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “husband”, the object formG435a male human being; a man, husband.husbandσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐλθὲelthecomeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.comeἐνθάδεenthadehitherἐνθάδεadverb — “hither”G1759here, in this place.hither

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Jesus saith to her, 'Go, call thy husband, and come hither;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jesus saith to her, 'Go, call thy husband, and come hither;'

World English Bible

Jesus said to her, “ Go , call your husband, and come here .”

Darby Translation

Jesus says to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here.

Douay-Rheims

Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

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