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 Y era menester que pasase por Samaria.

5 Vino, pues, á una ciudad de Samaria que se llamaba Sichâr, junto á la heredad que Jacob dió á José su hijo.

6 Y estaba allí la fuente de Jacob. Pues Jesús, cansado del camino, así se sentó á la fuente. Era como la hora de sexta.

7 Vino una mujer de Samaria á sacar agua: [y] Jesús le dice: Dame de beber.

8 (Porque sus discípulos habían ido á la ciudad á comprar de comer.)

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What Does John 4:6 Mean?

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