Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the feast of the Jews--the [feast of] Tabernacles--was near.
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.
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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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 7:2
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Prayers for John 7:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus' Brothers Do Not Believe In Him
1 And after these [things] Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews--the [feast of] Tabernacles--was near. 3 So his brothers said to him, "Depart from here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also can see your works that you are doing.
Cross References
Zechariah 14:16-19
{And then} every survivor from all those nations coming against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship [the] king, Yahweh of hosts, and celebrate the Feast of Booths.
Exodus 23:16-17
And [you will keep] the Feast of Harvest, [with] the firstfruits of your work, what you sow in the field. And [you will keep] the Feast of Harvest Gathering when the year goes out, when you gather your work from the field.
Numbers 29:12-38
" 'Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you will have a holy convocation; {you will not do any regular work}, and you will hold a religious feast for Yahweh for seven days.
Deuteronomy 16:13-16
"You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths for yourselves seven days {at the gathering in of the produce} from your threshing floor and from your press;
Leviticus 23:34-43
"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, this [shall be] the Feast of Booths [for] seven days for Yahweh.
1 Kings 8:2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon at the festival in the month of Ethnaim, that is, the seventh month.
1 Kings 8:65
Solomon held the festival at that time and all of Israel with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath up to the wadi of Egypt before Yahweh our God, for seven days [and] seven days, [a total of] fourteen days.
2 Chronicles 7:9-10
And on the eighth day they made a solemn assembly, for they held the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.
Ezra 3:4
And they kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and [offered] burnt offerings day by day in number according to the ordinance {as described for each day}.
Nehemiah 8:14-18
They found written in the law, which Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the {Israelites} should live in booths during the festival of the seventh month,