John 4:8
World English Bible (WEB)
For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
In context
6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
John 4:8 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
- KJV King James Version
- (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
- ASV American Standard Version
- For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for his disciples were gone away to the city, that they may buy victuals;
- DBY Darby Translation
- (for his disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions).
- WBS Webster Bible
- (For his disciples had gone to the city to buy provisions.)