John 4:22

“Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for saluation is of the Iewes.”

1611 King James Version (KJV)




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Other Translations for John 4:22

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
- King James Version

"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
- American Standard Version (1901)

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.
- Basic English Bible

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

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship, for salvation is from the Jews.
- Webster's Bible

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

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

Ye worschipen that ye knowen not; we worschipen that that we knowen; for helthe is of the Jewis.
- Wycliffe Bible

ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;
- Youngs Literal Bible

Commentary for John 4:22

Wesley's Notes for John 4:22

4:22 Ye worship ye know not what - Ye Samaritans are ignorant, not only of the place, but of the very object of worship. Indeed, they feared the Lord after a fashion; but at the same time served their own gods, #2Kings 17:33|. Salvation is from the Jews - So spake all the prophets, that the Saviour should arise out of the Jewish nation: and that from thence the knowledge of him should spread to all nations under heaven.


People's Bible Notes for John 4:22


Joh 4:22 Salvation is of the Jews. In the controversy between the Jews and Samaritans, the former was right on the great issue. The Samaritans worshiped, but knew not what they worshiped, because they rejected the prophets who would have directed them.

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