Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Now the Jewish Festival of Tents was approaching.
New American Standard Bible
Now the feast of the Jews,
King James Version
Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Holman Bible
The Jewish Festival of Tabernacles
A Conservative Version
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was near.
American Standard Version
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
Amplified
Now the Jewish
An Understandable Version
Now it was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles [Note: This was also called "Festival of Shelters," and was one of three principal, annual Jewish festivals and commemorated the occasion of the Israelites living in tents or shelters during their forty year wandering in the desert].
Anderson New Testament
Now the feast of tabernacles, a feast of the Jews, was near.
Bible in Basic English
But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.
Common New Testament
Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Jews feast of the tabernacles drawing nigh,
Darby Translation
Now the tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, was near.
Godbey New Testament
And the feast of the Jews, tabernacles, was nigh.
Goodspeed New Testament
But the Jewish camping festival was coming.
John Wesley New Testament
Now the Jews feast of tabernacles was nigh.
Julia Smith Translation
And the festival of the Jews was near, the Pitching of tents.
King James 2000
Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the feast of the Jews--the [feast of] Tabernacles--was near.
Modern King James verseion
And the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The Jews' tabernacle feast was at hand.
Moffatt New Testament
Now the Jewish festival of booths was near,
Montgomery New Testament
When the time of the Jewish feast of Tabernacles drew near,
NET Bible
Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.
New Heart English Bible
Now the Jewish festival, the Feast of Tabernacles, was near.
Noyes New Testament
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
Sawyer New Testament
AND the feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles.
The Emphasized Bible
But the feast of the Jews was near, that of the pitching of tents.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And a feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles.
Twentieth Century New Testament
When the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,
Webster
Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Weymouth New Testament
But the Jewish Festival of the Tent-Pitching was approaching.
Williams New Testament
Now the Jewish feast of Dwelling in Tents was approaching.
World English Bible
Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
Worrell New Testament
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
Worsley New Testament
Now the Jews feast called the feast of tabernacles was near;
Youngs Literal Translation
and the feast of the Jews was nigh -- that of tabernacles --
Themes
Feast of Tabernacles » Customs observed at » Drawing water from the pool of siloam
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 7:2
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus' Brothers Do Not Believe In Him
1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, because he didn't want to travel in Judea, since the Jewish leaders there were trying to kill him. 2 Now the Jewish Festival of Tents was approaching. 3 So his brothers told him, "You should leave this place and go to Judea, so that your disciples can see the actions that you're doing,
Cross References
Zechariah 14:16-19
"It will come about that all of the survivors of the nations who came against Jerusalem will come there from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, and to observe the Festival of Tents.
Exodus 23:16-17
You are to observe the Festival of Harvest, celebrating the first fruits of your work in planting the field, and the Festival of Tabernacles at the end of the year, when you gather the fruit of your work from the field.
Numbers 29:12-38
"You are to hold a sacred assembly on the fifteenth day of the same seventh month. No servile work is to be done. You are to celebrate a festival to the LORD for seven days by
Deuteronomy 16:13-16
"Celebrate the Festival of Tents for seven days after you harvest from your threshing floor and your wine press.
Leviticus 23:34-43
"Tell the Israelis that starting the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the week-long Festival of Tents to the LORD.
1 Kings 8:2
So all the men gathered together to meet with King Solomon at the Festival of Tents in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.
1 Kings 8:65
So Solomon observed the Festival of Tents at that time, as did all of Israel with him. A large assembly came up from as far away as Lebo-hamath and the Wadi of Egypt to appear in the presence of the LORD our God, not just for seven days, but for seven days after that, a total of fourteen days.
2 Chronicles 7:9-10
On the day after the festival ended, they convened a solemn assembly, because they had been dedicating the altar for seven days and observing the festival for seven days.
Ezra 3:4
They also observed the Festival of Tents as has been prescribed, offering a specific number of daily burnt offerings in accordance with the ordinance of each day.
Nehemiah 8:14-18
They found written in the Law that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelis were to live in tents during the festival scheduled for the seventh month.