• John 4:9
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 9 λέγει Is saying οὖν therefore αὐτῷ to him ἡ the γυνὴ woman ἡ the Σαμαρεῖτις Samaritan Πῶς How σὺ you Ἰουδαῖος Jew ὢν being παρ’ beside ἐμοῦ of me πεῖν to drink αἰτεῖς you are asking γυναικὸς of woman Σαμαρείτιδος Samaritan οὔσης; being? οὐ Not γὰρ for συνχρῶνται are using together Ἰουδαῖοι Jews Σαμαρείταις. to Samaritans.

  • John 4:9
    American Standard Version

    • 9 The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

  • John 4:9
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 9 The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him—How dost thou being a Jew ask to drink of me who am a Samaritan woman? [for Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.]

  • John 4:9
    King James Version

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

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 4:9

      Jews have no dealings with Samaritans: The Samaritans first referred to in the Bible were Jews who lived in the ten-tribe kingdom before it was conquered by the Assyrians. (2Ki 17:29) The Samaritans’ separation from the rest of the Jews began earlier when Jeroboam established idol worship in the ten-tribe kingdom of Israel. (1Ki 12:26-30) After the Assyrian conquest, “Samaritan” came to refer to the descendants of those left in the region of Samaria as well as to the foreigners brought in to populate the land. Though the Samaritans claimed descent from the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim only, some undoubtedly mixed with the foreigners, and the Scriptures indicate that this mixed population further corrupted worship in Samaria. (2Ki 17:24-41) When the Jews returned from Babylonian exile, the Samaritans claimed devotion to Jehovah, but they opposed the rebuilding of the temple and city walls in Jerusalem. Then, perhaps in the fourth century B.C.E., on Mount Gerizim, they built their own temple, which was destroyed by the Jews in 128 B.C.E. However, the Samaritans continued to worship in that mountain, and in the first century, they populated the Roman district of Samaria that lay between Judea and Galilee. They accepted only the first five books of the Bible, and perhaps the book of Joshua, but they made changes in some verses to support the location of their temple. By Jesus’ day, the name Samaritan had an ethnic and religious connotation, and the Samaritans were treated with scorn by the Jews.​—Joh 8:48.

      . . . with Samaritans: Although this parenthetical comment is not included in some manuscripts, it has strong support in a number of early, authoritative manuscripts.