Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

King James Version

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

Holman Bible

You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.

International Standard Version

You don't know what you're worshiping. We Jews know what we're worshiping, because salvation comes from the Jews.

A Conservative Version

Ye worship what ye do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

American Standard Version

Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

Amplified

You [Samaritans] do not know what you worship; we [Jews] do know what we worship, for salvation is from the Jews.

An Understandable Version

You [Samaritans] do not [really] know what you worship; we [Jews] know what we worship because salvation is from the Jews [i.e., through Jewish prophets, Jewish Scriptures and a Jewish Messiah].

Anderson New Testament

You worship you know not what; we know what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews.

Bible in Basic English

You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.

Common New Testament

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

Daniel Mace New Testament

ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is from the Jews.

Darby Translation

Ye worship ye know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews.

Godbey New Testament

You worship, you know not what: we worship that which we know: because salvation is of the Jews.

Goodspeed New Testament

You worship something you know nothing about; we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.

John Wesley New Testament

Ye worship ye know not what; we know what we worship; for salvation is from the Jews.

Julia Smith Translation

Ye worship what ye know not: we worship what we know: for salvation is of the Jews.

King James 2000

You worship you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

Modern King James verseion

You worship what you do not know, we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship. For salvation cometh of the Jews.

Moffatt New Testament

You are worshipping something you do not know; we are worshipping what we do know ??for salvation comes from the Jews.

Montgomery New Testament

You are worshiping something you do not know. we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.

NET Bible

You people worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

New Heart English Bible

You worship that which you do not know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

Noyes New Testament

Ye worship that which ye know not; we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

Sawyer New Testament

You worship what you know not; we worship what we know; for salvation is of the Jews.

The Emphasized Bible

Ye, worship, that which ye know not; We, worship, that which we know; because, salvation, is, of the Jews.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Ye worship ye know not what: we worship what we do know: for salvation cometh from the Jews.

Twentieth Century New Testament

You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for Salvation comes from the Jews.

Webster

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship, for salvation is from the Jews.

Weymouth New Testament

You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.

Williams New Testament

You Samaritans do not know what you are worshiping; we Jews do know what we are worshiping; for salvation comes from the Jews.

World English Bible

You worship that which you don't know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

Worrell New Testament

Ye worship ye know not what; we know what we worship, because salvation is from the Jews.

Worsley New Testament

Ye worship ye know not what; but we worship what we know: for salvation is from the Jews.

Youngs Literal Translation

ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Ye
ὑμείς 
Humeis 
ye, ye yourselves, you, not tr
Usage: 120

προσκυνέω 
Proskuneo 
Usage: 49

ye know
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980
Usage: 980

we
ἡμεῖς 
hemeis 
we, us, we ourselves
Usage: 120

εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

we worship
προσκυνέω 
Proskuneo 
Usage: 49

for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

σωτηρία 
Soteria 
Usage: 43

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

of
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 4:22

Images John 4:22

Prayers for John 4:22

Context Readings

Conversation With A Samaritan Woman

21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

Cross References

Isaiah 2:3

and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Romans 9:4-5

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

Psalm 147:19

He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.

Acts 17:23

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.'What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

Romans 3:1-2

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

2 Kings 17:27-41

Then the king of Assyria commanded, "Send there one of the priests whom you carried away from there, and let him go and dwell there and teach them the law of the god of the land."

2 Chronicles 13:10-12

But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests ministering to the LORD who are sons of Aaron, and Levites for their service.

Ezra 4:2

they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers' houses and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him ever since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria who brought us here."

Psalm 68:20

Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

Isaiah 12:2

"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORDGOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."

Isaiah 12:6

Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

Isaiah 46:13

I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory."

Zephaniah 3:16-17

On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: "Fear not, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Luke 24:47

and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Acts 17:30

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Hebrews 7:14

For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

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