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OET (OET-RV) Then Yeshua told her, “You need to believe that I was sent from God, woman, because a day is coming when everyone will be worshipping him neither on this mountain, nor in Yerushalem.
OET-LV The Yaʸsous is_saying to_her:
Be_believing in_me, woman, because an_hour is_coming, when neither on the this mountain, nor in Hierousalaʸm, will_you_all_be_worshipping before_the father.
SR-GNT Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Πίστευέ μοι, γύναι, ὅτι ἔρχεται ὥρα, ὅτε οὔτε ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, οὔτε ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις, προσκυνήσετε τῷ Πατρί. ‡
(Legei autaʸ ho ˚Yaʸsous, “Pisteue moi, gunai, hoti erⱪetai hōra, hote oute en tōi orei toutōi, oute en Hierosolumois, proskunaʸsete tōi Patri.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, cyan:dative/indirect object, magenta:vocative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Jesus says to her, “Believe me, woman, that an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
UST Jesus told her, “Madam, believe me when I say that a time is coming when neither here on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
BSB § “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
BLB Jesus says to her, "Believe Me, woman, that an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
AICNT Jesus says to her, “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you[fn] worship the Father.
4:21, you: Plural
OEB ‘Believe me,’ replied Jesus, ‘a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.
LSB Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
WEBBE Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
WMBB Yeshua said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
NET Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
LSV Jesus says to her, “Woman, believe Me, that there comes an hour when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father;
FBV Jesus replied,[fn] “Believe me the time is coming when you won't worship the Father either on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
4:21 Jesus addresses her as “woman” which is the normal term used, but sounds impolite in English.
TCNT Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
T4T Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me when I say that there will be a time when it will not matter whether you worship God our Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem or somewhere else.
LEB Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, that an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
BBE Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
Moff No Moff YHN (JHN) book available
Wymth "Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
ASV Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.
DRA Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me, that the hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, not in Jerusalem, adore the Father.
YLT Jesus saith to her, 'Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father;
Drby Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, [the] hour is coming when ye shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father.
RV Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.
Wbstr Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
KJB-1769 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
(Jesus saith/says unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh/comes, when ye/you_all shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Yerusalem, worship the Father. )
KJB-1611 Iesus saith vnto her, Woman, beleeue me, the houre commeth when ye shall neither in this mountaine, nor yet at Hierusalem, worship the Father.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps Iesus sayth vnto her: woman beleue me, the houre commeth, when ye shall neither in this mountayne, nor yet at Hierusalem, worshippe the father.
(Yesus/Yeshua saith/says unto her: woman believe me, the hour cometh/comes, when ye/you_all shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Yerusalem, worshippe the father.)
Gnva Iesus saide vnto her, Woman, beleeue me, the houre commeth, when ye shall neither in this mountaine, nor at Hierusalem worship ye Father.
(Yesus/Yeshua said unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh/comes, when ye/you_all shall neither in this mountain, nor at Yerusalem worship ye/you_all Father. )
Cvdl Iesus sayde vnto her: Woman, beleue me, the tyme commeth, that ye shal nether vpon this mountayne ner at Ierusalem worshippe the father.
(Yesus/Yeshua said unto her: Woman, believe me, the time cometh/comes, that ye/you_all shall neither upon this mountain nor at Yerusalem worshippe the father.)
TNT Iesus sayde vnto her: woman beleve me the houre cometh when ye shall nether in this moutayne nor yet at Ierusalem worshippe the father.
(Yesus/Yeshua said unto her: woman believe me the hour cometh/comes when ye/you_all shall neither in this moutayne nor yet at Yerusalem worshippe the father. )
Wyc Jhesus seith to hir, Womman, bileue thou to me, for the our schal come, whanne nether in this hil, nethir in Jerusalem, ye schulen worschipe the fadir.
(Yhesus saith/says to her, Womman, believe thou/you to me, for the our shall come, when neither in this hill, neither in Yerusalem, ye/you_all should worship the father.)
Luth JEsus spricht zu ihr: Weib, glaube mir, es kommt die Zeit, da ihr weder auf diesem Berge noch zu Jerusalem werdet den Vater anbeten.
(Yesus spricht to ihr: woman, glaube mir, it comes the Zeit, there you/their/her weder on this_one mountains/hills still to Yerusalem becomet the father worship.)
ClVg Dicit ei Jesus: Mulier, crede mihi, quia venit hora, quando neque in monte hoc, neque in Jerosolymis adorabitis Patrem.[fn]
(Dicit to_him Yesus: Mulier, crede mihi, because he_came hora, when nor in mountain hoc, nor in Yerosolymis adorabitis Patrem. )
4.21 Mulier. In hoc loco Dominus jactantiam Samaritanorum reprimit, qui putabant se non minoris religionis fuisse quam Judæos. Loquitur ergo in persona prophetarum et omnium qui in Christum credunt; unde ait: Vos adoratis Patrem quem nescitis, quia nullus adorat Patrem nisi Filium adoret, per quem ad notitiam Patris venitur, sed nos scimus Filium, et per Filium Patrem, unde sequitur: Quia salus ex Judæis est, etc., id est. quia Christus, qui est salus, ex Judæis est, non solum origine carnis, sed etiam ex eis orta est fides et primitiva Ecclesia. Crede mihi. Quia jam est in te vir qui potest credere et ideo crede: Quia nisi credideris non intelliges Isa. 7.. Quando neque in monte. Ecce pariter mons vester et templum Judæorum reprobabitur, sed in hoc estis impares, quod vos Samaritani adoratis quod nescitis, sed nos Judæi non omnes, sed electi adoramus quod scimus, quia nobis cognitio Dei testamentum; prophetia promissa: de nobis Christus, et hoc est, quia salus ex Judæis est, sed quamvis ita simus differentes, tamen non præfero locum Judæorum loco Samaritanorum, et hoc est.
4.21 Mulier. In this instead Master yactantiam Samaritanorum reprimit, who putabant se not/no minoris religionis fuisse how Yudæos. Loquitur therefore in persona prophetarum and omnium who in Christum credunt; whence he_said: Vos adoratis Patrem which nescitis, because nullus adorat Patrem nisi Son adoret, through which to notitiam Patris venitur, but we scimus Son, and through Son Patrem, whence sequitur: Quia salus from Yudæis it_is, etc., id it_is. because Christus, who it_is salus, from Yudæis it_is, not/no solum origine carnis, but also from to_them orta it_is fides and primitiva Ecclesia. Crede mihi. Quia yam it_is in you(sg) man who potest credere and ideo crede: Quia nisi credideris not/no intelliges Isa. 7.. When nor in monte. Behold pariter mons vester and templum Yudæorum reprobabitur, but in this estis impares, that you Samaritani adoratis that nescitis, but we Yudæi not/no omnes, but electi adoramus that scimus, because us cognitio of_God testamentum; prophetia promissa: about us Christus, and this it_is, because salus from Yudæis it_is, but quamvis ita simus differentes, tamen not/no præfero place Yudæorum instead Samaritanorum, and this it_is.
UGNT λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, πίστευέ μοι, γύναι, ὅτι ἔρχεται ὥρα, ὅτε οὔτε ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, οὔτε ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις, προσκυνήσετε τῷ Πατρί.
(legei autaʸ ho Yaʸsous, pisteue moi, gunai, hoti erⱪetai hōra, hote oute en tōi orei toutōi, oute en Hierosolumois, proskunaʸsete tōi Patri.)
SBL-GNT λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ⸂Πίστευέ μοι, γύναι⸃, ὅτι ἔρχεται ὥρα ὅτε οὔτε ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ οὔτε ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις προσκυνήσετε τῷ πατρί.
(legei autaʸ ho Yaʸsous; ⸂Pisteue moi, gunai⸃, hoti erⱪetai hōra hote oute en tōi orei toutōi oute en Hierosolumois proskunaʸsete tōi patri.)
TC-GNT Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, [fn]Γύναι, πίστευσόν μοι ὅτι ἔρχεται ὥρα, ὅτε οὔτε ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ οὔτε ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις προσκυνήσετε τῷ πατρί.
(Legei autaʸ ho Yaʸsous, Gunai, pisteuson moi hoti erⱪetai hōra, hote oute en tōi orei toutōi oute en Hierosolumois proskunaʸsete tōi patri. )
4:21 γυναι πιστευσον μοι ¦ πιστευε μοι γυναι CT
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
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).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture
λέγει
/is/_saying
Here John uses the present tense in past narration in order to call attention to a development in the story.
γύναι
woman
Here, woman refers to the Samaritan woman. If it is impolite to call someone “woman” in your language, you can use another word that is polite, or leave it out.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἔρχεται ὥρα
/is/_coming /an/_hour
Here, hour refers to a point in time when something happens. It does not refer to a 60-minute length of time. See the discussion of this in the General Notes to this chapter. Alternate translation: “a point in time is coming”
Note 3 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples
Πατρί
Father
Father is an important title for God.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ
on ¬the mountain this
Here, this mountain refers to Mount Gerizim. See how you translated this phrase in the previous verse. Alternate translation: “here on Mount Gerizim”
John 4
As the story of Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman demonstrates, even simple geography–the divine arrangement of places where God leads us in life–can position us for fruitful ministry if we are willing to reach out to those along our journey. This episode in Jesus’ ministry occurred immediately after Jesus had cleared the Temple in Jerusalem and was gaining even more followers than John the Baptist (John 2:13-25; 4:1-3). Likely wanting to avoid a direct clash with Jewish leadership so early in his ministry, Jesus chose instead to return to Galilee. The most direct route from Jerusalem to Galilee passed through Samaria, and, as the Jewish historian Josephus notes, this was the route normally chosen by most Jews at the time (Antiquities of the Jews, Book XX:6). The city of Samaria (renamed Sebaste by Jesus’ time) was originally the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, but in 722 B.C. the Assyrians exiled many Israelites to other parts of their empire and relocated other foreign peoples in Israel (2 Kings 15:29; 17:1-24; 1 Chronicles 5:26; also see “Israelites Are Exiled to Assyria”). This diverse population then developed a new religion that mixed elements of Israelite worship with pagan worship (2 Kings 17:24-41), and centuries later they set up their own temple on Mount Gerizim. Because of their mixed ancestry and religion, Samaritans were often detested by many Jews (John 4:9), and hostilities periodically erupted between Jews and Samaritans. Jesus himself would later be refused entry into Samaria while traveling from Galilee to Jerusalem (Luke 9:52-56; also see “Jesus’ Final Journey to Jerusalem”), and Josephus notes that about 20 years after this time a number of Galileans were killed by Samaritans as they attempted to make their way to Jerusalem through the village of Ginae. Probably because of these hostilities, some Jews preferred to take alternate routes that bypassed Samaria. Still other Jews chose these routes to avoid even associating with Samaritans. Jesus, however, appears to have chosen the more direct route through Samaria, which led him to the village of Sychar–right next to the ancient site of Shechem and Mount Gerizim. There he met a Samaritan woman by a well and spoke to her about God’s gift of living water for her soul. He also revealed supernatural knowledge about her, so she asked him whether Mount Gerizim or Jerusalem was the proper place to worship. Jesus gently rebuked her belief in Samaritan worship practices, but he also assured her that one day the physical location of worshipers will no longer matter. Instead, all true believers will worship God in spirit and truth. When Jesus revealed to the woman that he was the Messiah, she left her water jar and told the townspeople about Jesus. Meanwhile, Jesus’ disciples returned, and Jesus urged them to recognize that the fields were ripe for harvesting, presumably meaning that many Samaritans were ready to believe in him. Because of the Samaritan woman’s testimony, many of the townspeople believed in Jesus and persuaded him to stay there two more days before returning to Galilee. Years later the apostle Philip found fruitful ministry among the Samaritans as well, and many came to faith in Jesus (Acts 8:5-13; also see “The Ministries of Philip and Peter”).