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Warnings from Israel’s Past

1 Corinthians 10:4

In 9 translations

BSB
and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
KJV
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
WEB
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
ASV
and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
LSV
and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;
YLT
and all the same spiritual drink did drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;
DBY
and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed [them]: (now the rock was the Christ;)
DRC
And all drank the same spiritual drink; (and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.)
GNV
And did all drinke the same spirituall drinke (for they dranke of the spiritual Rocke that folowed them: and the Rocke was Christ)

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πνευματικὸν elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἔπιον elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πέτρα elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: πνευματικὸν ἔπιον πόμα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πνευματικὸν ἔπιον πόμα; Robinson–Pierpont read πόμα πνευματικὸν ἔπιον.
  • SBLGNT: πέτρα δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πέτρα δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont read δὲ πέτρα.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ πνευματικὸν ἔπιον πόμα, ἔπινον γὰρ ἐκ πνευματικῆς ἀκολουθούσης πέτρας, ἡ πέτρα δὲ ἦν ὁ Χριστός·
RP2018
καὶ πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ πόμα πνευματικὸν ἔπιον· ἔπινον γὰρ ἐκ πνευματικῆς ἀκολουθούσης πέτρας· ἡ δὲ πέτρα ἦν ὁ χριστός.
TR-Boyd
καὶ πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ πόμα πνευματικὸν ἔπιον· ἔπινον γὰρ ἐκ πνευματικῆς ἀκολουθούσης πέτρας· ἡ δὲ πέτρα ἦν ὁ Χριστός.
SCR1894
και παντες το αυτο πομα πνευματικον επιον επινον γαρ εκ πνευματικης ακολουθουσης πετρας η δε πετρα ην ο χριστος

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  • Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
  • John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
  • Isaiah 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
  • John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  • Psalms 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
  • Psalms 78:20When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
  • Numbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
  • Psalms 78:15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
  • John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
  • Isaiah 43:20The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
  • Colossians 2:17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
  • Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
  • Matthew 26:26–28While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink…
  • 1 Corinthians 11:24–25and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood;…
  • Hebrews 10:1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
  • Galatians 4:25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

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