Devine Scripture

John 4:18

John chapter 4 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly.

Context

v.17The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:

v.18This passage

v.19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hebrews 13:4

    Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

  • Jeremiah 3:20

    Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.

  • Genesis 34:7

    And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

  • Ruth 4:10

    Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

  • Numbers 5:29

    This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;

  • Genesis 34:31

    And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?