YHN 4:33 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. ἔλεγον
2. legō
3. were saying
4. -
5. 30040
6. VIIA3··P
7. ˓were˒ saying
8. ˓were˒ saying
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65231
1. λέγουσιν
2. legō
3. -
4. -
5. 30040
6. VIPA3··P
7. ˓are˒ saying
8. ˓are˒ saying
9. -
10. -
11. 65232
1. Οὖν
2. oun
3. Therefore
4. -
5. 37670
6. C·······
7. therefore
8. therefore
9. S
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65233
1. Δέ
2. de
3. -
4. -
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. -
11. 65234
1. ἐν
2. en
3. -
4. -
5. 17220
6. P·······
7. to
8. to
9. -
10. -
11. 65235
1. ἑαυτοῖς
2. heautou
3. -
4. -
5. 14380
6. R···3DMP
7. themselves
8. themselves
9. -
10. -
11. 65236
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65237
1. μαθηταί
2. mathētēs
3. apprentices/followers
4. -
5. 31010
6. N····NMP
7. apprentices/followers
8. disciples
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman; F65240; F65247; F65267; F65280; F65281; F65285; F65287; F65341; F65342; F65345; F65352
11. 65238
1. πρός
2. pros
3. to
4. -
5. 43140
6. P·······
7. to
8. to
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65239
1. ἀλλήλους
2. allēlōn
3. one another
4. -
5. 2400
6. R····AMP
7. one_another
8. one_another
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman; R65238
11. 65240
1. Μή
2. mē
3. Not
4. -
5. 33610
6. T·······
7. not
8. not
9. D
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65241
1. τὶς
2. tis
3. anyone
4. anyone
5. 51000
6. R····NMS
7. anyone
8. anyone
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65242
1. ἤνεγκεν
2. ferō
3. brought
4. -
5. 53420
6. VIAA3··S
7. brought
8. brought
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65243
1. αὐτῷ
2. autos
3. to him something
4. him something
5. 8460
6. R···3DMS
7. ˱to˲ him ‹something›
8. ˱to˲ him ‹something›
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman; R65125; Person=Jesus
11. 65244
1. φαγεῖν
2. esthiō
3. to eat
4. eat
5. 20680
6. VNAA····
7. ˓to˒ eat
8. ˓to˒ eat
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman; R65125; Person=Jesus
11. 65245

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–42: Jesus spoke with a woman from Samaria

In this section Jesus spoke to a Samaritan woman who had come to get water from a well. Jesus asked her for a drink of water. The woman was surprised that he spoke to her. Jesus was a Jew, and most Jewish people hated the Samaritans. But Jesus stayed and talked with the woman.

Jesus told the woman that he could give her living water, and he told her that he was the Messiah. The women went back to her town and brought many of the other Samaritan people to Jesus.

It is good to translate the section before giving it a title. Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus brought good news to the hated Samaritan people

The conversation at the well

Paragraph 4:31–38

The disciples came to Jesus and suggested that he eat something. Jesus told them that he had food to eat that they did not know about. The disciples wondered if someone else had given him food. But Jesus said that doing what his Father wanted satisfied him more than food. He also told them that the people there were like a field that was ready for them to harvest.

4:33

So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

Then his disciples asked each other, “Could someone else have brought him food? Surely not!”
Therefore his followers said to each other, “It is not likely that someone else brought him something to eat.”

So: The Greek word that the BSB translates as So can also be translated “therefore.” The disciples were surprised at what Jesus had said.

Here are other ways to translate this word:

Then (NIV)

That is why

Could someone have brought Him food?: This is a rhetorical question. Its purpose is to express surprise at Jesus’ words in 4:32. The disciples are suggesting the possibility that someone else brought Jesus food. The question expresses doubt about that possibility and expects that no one brought him food.

There are two ways to translate this rhetorical question:

Use a question, as in the BSB.
Use a statement. For example:
It is unlikely that someone else brought food to him.

Translate this rhetorical question in a way that is natural in your language.

uW Translation Notes:

μή τις ἤνεγκεν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἔλεγον Οὖν οἱ μαθηταί πρός ἀλλήλους Μή τὶς ἤνεγκεν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν)

The disciples think Jesus is literally talking about something to eat. They begin asking each other this question, expecting a “no” response. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in a way that shows their uncertainty. Alternate translation: [Is it even possible that someone brought him food to eat?]

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

4:1-42 At a historic well in Samaria, Jesus offered himself as living water. Jesus engaged and confronted people with the revelation of God, and they either followed or fell away.
• The Samaritan woman contrasted with Nicodemus at every turn: a woman (not a man), a Samaritan (not a Jew), a sinner (not righteous), and an outcast (not one of Israel’s rabbis). While Nicodemus fell silent and never responded to Jesus’ challenges (3:1-21), this woman acknowledged Jesus as Lord, remained in the light, and exhibited signs of discipleship (see 1:35-51).

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Therefore
2. -
3. 37670
4. S
5. oun
6. C-·······
7. therefore
8. therefore
9. S
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65233
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····NMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65237
1. apprentices/followers
2. -
3. 31010
5. mathētēs
6. N-····NMP
7. apprentices/followers
8. disciples
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman; F65240; F65247; F65267; F65280; F65281; F65285; F65287; F65341; F65342; F65345; F65352
11. 65238
1. were saying
2. -
3. 30040
5. legō
6. V-IIA3··P
7. ˓were˒ saying
8. ˓were˒ saying
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65231
1. to
2. -
3. 43140
5. pros
6. P-·······
7. to
8. to
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65239
1. one another
2. -
3. 2400
5. allēlōn
6. R-····AMP
7. one_another
8. one_another
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman; R65238
11. 65240
1. Not
2. -
3. 33610
4. D
5. mē
6. T-·······
7. not
8. not
9. D
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65241
1. anyone
2. anyone
3. 51000
5. tis
6. R-····NMS
7. anyone
8. anyone
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65242
1. brought
2. -
3. 53420
5. ferō
6. V-IAA3··S
7. brought
8. brought
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman
11. 65243
1. to him something
2. him something
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3DMS
7. ˱to˲ him ‹something›
8. ˱to˲ him ‹something›
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman; R65125; Person=Jesus
11. 65244
1. to eat
2. eat
3. 20680
5. esthiō
6. V-NAA····
7. ˓to˒ eat
8. ˓to˒ eat
9. -
10. Y30; TThe_Samaritan_Woman; R65125; Person=Jesus
11. 65245

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 4:33

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 4:1–42: Jesus spoke with a woman from Samaria

Paragraph 4:31–38

4:33

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)