John 4:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.”

John 4:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

John 4:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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John 4:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.”

John 4:6 — World English Bible

John 4:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. ”

John 4:6 — American Standard Version

John 4:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;”

John 4:6 — Young's Literal Translation

John 4:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Now a fountain of Jacob's was there; Jesus therefore, being wearied with the way he had come, sat just as he was at the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. ”

John 4:6 — Darby Translation

John 4:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iourney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre.”

John 4:6 — Geneva Bible

John 4:6 in Context — John 4

4 And he must needs go through Samaria.

5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

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What Does John 4:6 Mean?

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