Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
But the feast of the Jews was near, that of the pitching of tents.
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
International Standard Version
Now the Jewish Festival of Tents was approaching.
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.
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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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 7:2
Images John 7:2
Prayers for John 7:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus' Brothers Do Not Believe In Him
1 And, after these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee; for he was not wishing, in Judaea, to be walking, because the Jews were seeking to slay him. 2 But the feast of the Jews was near, that of the pitching of tents. 3 His brethren, therefore, said unto him - Remove hence, and withdraw into Judaea, that, thy disciples also, may view thy works which thou art doing.
Cross References
Zechariah 14:16-19
And it shall come to pass, that, as for every one that is left out of all the nations that came against Jerusalem, that they shall come up, from year to year, to bow down to the king, Yahweh of hosts, and to celebrate the festival of booths.
Exodus 23:16-17
And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering - at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Numbers 29:12-38
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a holy convocation shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do, but ye shall celebrate a festival unto Yahweh, seven days.
Deuteronomy 16:13-16
The festival of booths, shalt thou keep for thyself seven days, - when thou hast gathered in out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat.
Leviticus 23:34-43
Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying: - On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, shall be the festival of booths, for seven days, unto Yahweh.
1 Kings 8:2
So all the men of Israel came together unto King Solomon, in the month of steady flowings, at the festival, - the same is the seventh month.
1 Kings 8:65
And Solomon made, at that time, a festival - and all Israel with him - a great convocation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the ravine of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days, and seven days, - fourteen days.
2 Chronicles 7:9-10
And they made, on the eighth day, a closing feast, - because, the dedication of the altar, they had kept seven days and a festival seven days.
Ezra 3:4
And they kept the festival of booths, as it was written, - and the ascending-offering of each day upon its own day, by number, according to regulation, the matter of a day upon its day;
Nehemiah 8:14-18
And they found written in the law, - that Yahweh gave command through Moses, that the sons of Israel should dwell in booths, during the festival of the seventh month;