| John 7:2 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | The time for the Jewish Festival of Booths was near.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. |
| ASV: | Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand. |
| BBE: | But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near. |
| DBY: | Now the tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, was near. |
| ERV: | Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand. |
| WEY: | But the Jewish Festival of the Tent-Pitching was approaching. |
| WBS: | Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. |
| WEB: | Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand. |
| YLT: | and the feast of the Jews was nigh -- that of tabernacles -- |
| John 7:2 Cross References |
| XREF: | Leviticus 23:34 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 16:13 "You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths seven days after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat;
Deuteronomy 16:16 "Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.
Zechariah 14:16 Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 7:2 Now the Jews' {a} feast of tabernacles was at hand.
(a) This feast was so called because of the booths and tents which they made out of different types of boughs, and sat under them seven days altogether; and during this entire time the feast went on. |
| PNT: | 7:2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. It fell in the month Tizri, covering part of September and of October, and lasted for a week. It was one of the three feasts that all Jews were expected to attend. |
| WES: | 7:2 The feast of tabernacles - The time, manner, and reason of this feast may be seen, Lev 23:34, and c. |
| MHC: | 7:1-13 The brethren or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted, when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes undertake to counsel those employed in the work of God; but they only advise what appears likely to promote present advantages. The people differed about his doctrine and miracles, while those who favoured him, dared not openly to avow their sentiments. Those who count the preachers of the gospel to be deceivers, speak out, while many who favour them, fear to get reproach by avowing regard for them. |
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