⁹So the Samaritan woman said to him, “How do you, being a Jew, ask from me water^* to drink, since I^* am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

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Footnotes

*Here “water” is supplied in the translation as the understood direct object of the verb “ask”
*Here “since” is supplied as a component of the participle (“am”) which is understood as causal

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” she asked him. For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

NLTNew Living Translation

The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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