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NET Bible

Abraham's servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a sip of water from your jug."

New American Standard Bible

Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”

King James Version

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

Holman Bible

Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jug.”

International Standard Version

Then Abraham's servant ran to meet her and asked her, "Please, let me have a sip of water from your jug."

A Conservative Version

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.

American Standard Version

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.

Amplified

Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”

Bible in Basic English

And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.

Darby Translation

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, sip a little water out of thy pitcher.

Julia Smith Translation

And the servant will run to meet her, and he will say, Give me to drink now a little water from thy bucket

King James 2000

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray you, drink a little water of your pitcher.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the servant ran to meet her. And he said, "Please, let me drink a little of the water from your jar."

Modern King James verseion

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Please let me drink a little water of your pitcher.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then the servant ran unto her and said, "Let me sip a little water of thy pitcher."

New Heart English Bible

The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."

The Emphasized Bible

And the servant ran to meet her, - and said, I pray thee let me drink a little water out of thy pitcher.

Webster

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water from thy pitcher.

World English Bible

The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."

Youngs Literal Translation

And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the servant
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

ran
רוּץ 
Ruwts 
Usage: 103

to meet her
קראה 
Qir'ah 
Usage: 99

and said

Usage: 0

Let me, I pray thee, drink
גּמא 
Gama' 
Usage: 2

a little
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

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Context Readings

Abraham's Servant Finds A Wife For Isaac

16 Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up. 17 Abraham's servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a sip of water from your jug." 18 "Drink, my lord," she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.

Cross References

John 4:7

A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink."

Genesis 26:1-35

There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

1 Kings 17:10

So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, "Please give me a cup of water, so I can take a drink."

Isaiah 21:14

Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives.

Isaiah 30:25

On every high mountain and every high hill there will be streams flowing with water, at the time of great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse.

Isaiah 35:6-7

Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will flow in the desert, streams in the wilderness.

Isaiah 41:17-18

The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

Isaiah 49:10

They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun's oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.

John 4:9

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you -- a Jew -- ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water to drink?" (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)

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