Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.

King James Version

Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.

Holman Bible

The Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,

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 Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) was approaching.

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 --

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

the Jews'
Ἰουδαῖος 
Ioudaios 
Usage: 190

ἑορτή 
heorte 
Usage: 25

σκηνοπηγία 
Skenopegia 
Usage: 1

was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

Images John 7:2

Prayers for John 7:2

Context Readings

Jesus' Brothers Do Not Believe In Him

1 After that Jesus walked in Galilee. He would not walk in Judea because the Jews looked for ways to kill him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near. 3 His brothers said to him: Leave here and go to Judea. That way your disciples also may see the works that you do.

Cross References

Zechariah 14:16-19

Every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of Hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

Exodus 23:16-17

Celebrate the Harvest Festival when you begin to harvest your crops. Celebrate the Festival of Shelters in the autumn, when you gather the fruit from your vineyards and orchards.

Numbers 29:12-38

Call a holy assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. You must not do any regular work. Instead, celebrate a festival to Jehovah for seven days.

Deuteronomy 16:13-16

Gather the grain from your threshing floor and make your wine. Then celebrate the Festival of Booths for seven days.

Leviticus 23:34-43

Inform the Israelites: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Booths to Jehovah. It will last seven days.

1 Kings 8:2

They all assembled during the festival. It was the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

1 Kings 8:65

At that time Solomon and all Israel celebrated the festival. A large crowd had come from the territory between the border of Hamath and the River of Egypt to be near Jehovah our God for seven days.

2 Chronicles 7:9-10

There was an assembly on the eighth day. They observed the dedication of the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for another seven days.

Ezra 3:4

They celebrated the Festival of Booths according to what is written. Each day they offered the sacrifices required for that day.

Nehemiah 8:14-18

They saw that it was recorded in the law that Jehovah gave orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month:

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