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1 Corinthians 10:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink.+ For they used to drink from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock meant* the Christ.+

1 Corinthians 10:4

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 4 καὶ and πάντες all (ones) τὸ the αὐτὸ very πνευματικὸν spiritual ἔπιον they drank πόμα, drink, ἔπινον they were drinking γὰρ for ἐκ out of πνευματικῆς spiritual ἀκολουθούσης following πέτρας, rock-mass, ἡ the πέτρα rock-mass δὲ but ἦν was ὁ the χριστός· Christ;

1 Corinthians 10:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink.+ For they used to drink from the spiritual rock-mass+ that followed them, and that rock-mass*+ meant* the Christ.+

1 Corinthians 10:4

The Bible in Living English
- 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink (for they drank out of a spiritual rock that went along with them; and the rock was the Christ),

1 Corinthians 10:4

American Standard Version
- 4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:4

The Emphasized Bible
- 4 And all drank the same spiritual drink,—For they continued to drink of the spiritual rock that followed them, And the rock was the Christ:—

1 Corinthians 10:4

King James Version
- 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 10:4
  
  rock: The Greek word peʹtra in the feminine gender is rendered “rock,” and it may denote bedrock, a cliff, or a mass of rock. This Greek word also occurs at Mt 7:24, 25; 16:18; 27:60; Lu 6:48; 8:6; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8. (See study note on Mt 16:18.) On at least two occasions and in two different locations, the Israelites received a miraculous provision of water from a rock. (Ex 17:5-7; Nu 20:1-11) Therefore, the rock as a source of water, in effect, followed them. The rock itself was symbolic, picturing the Christ, who said to the Jews: “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.”—Joh 7:37.
  
  meant: Or “was.” Here the form of the Greek verb for “to be” has the sense of “to signify; to mean.”—Compare study note on Mt 26:26.