John 4:22 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

You people from Samaria do not know the one that you worship. But we Jews do know him, because God's salvation comes from among the Jewish people.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You Samaritans worship something you don't understand. We Jews understand what we worship, since salvation comes from the Jews.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

You Samaritans do not really know whom you worship; but we Jews know whom we worship, because it is from the Jews that salvation comes.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

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

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know. Salvation comes from the Jews.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

You Samaritans know so little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Your people don’t really know the One they worship, but we Jews worship out of our experience, for it’s from the Jews that salvation is available.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For it's not where we worship that counts, but how we worship—is our worship spiritual and real?

English Tyndale 1537

Ye worship ye wot nere(not) what: we know what we worship. For salvation cometh of the jews.

John 4:22 — Compare Translations