Parallel Verses

Webster

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

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."

NET Bible

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

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.

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

References

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Abraham's Servant Finds A Wife For Isaac

16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water from thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.



Cross References

John 4:7

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

Genesis 26:1-35

And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.

1 Kings 17:10

So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

Isaiah 21:14

The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they met with their bread him that fled.

Isaiah 30:25

And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Isaiah 35:6-7

Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 41:17-18

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 49:10

They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

John 4:9

Then saith the woman of Samaria to him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

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