John 2:7

Green's Literal Translation

Jesus said to them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them to the top.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus told the serving staff, "Fill those barrels with water." After this was done,

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus *said to them, "Fill the water jars with water." So they filled them up to the brim.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." So they filled them up to the brim.

Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top.

Darby Translation
Jesus says to them, Fill the water-vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

New King James Version
Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim.

Christian Standard Bible®
"Fill the jars with water," Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim.

World English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to the brim.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus saith to them, Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus said to the attendants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them to the brim.

King James Version (1611)
Iesus saith vnto them, Fill the water pots with water. And they filled them vp to the brimme.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus sayde vnto the: Fyll the water pottes with water. And they fylled the vp to ye brymme.

Mace New Testament (1729)
these Jesus order'd the waiters to fill with water. so they filled them up to the brim.

Amplified Bible
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the waterpots with water." So they filled them up to the brim.

American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus sayde vnto them: fyll the water pottes with water. And they fylled them vp to the brym.

Update Bible Version
Jesus says to them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus saith to them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them to the brim.

New Century Version
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled the jars to the top.

New English Translation
Jesus told the servants, "Fill the water jars with water." So they filled them up to the very top.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told the servants to fill them to the top with water. Then after the jars had been filled,

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua told them, "Fill the jars with water," and they filled them to the brim.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iesus sayde vnto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Then they filled them vp to the brim.

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to them, Fill the jars with water; and they filled them up to the brim.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to the brim.

International Standard Version
Jesus told the servants,them">[fn] "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them up to the brim.

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu saith to them, Fill these water-pots with waters; and they filled them to the top.

Murdock Translation
Jesus said to them: Fill those water-pots with water. And they filled them to the top.

New Living Translation
Jesus told the servants, "Fill the jars with water." When the jars had been filled,

New Life Bible
Jesus said to the helpers, "Fill the jars with water." They filled them to the top.

English Revised Version
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus told the servants, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim.

New Revised Standard
Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus saith unto them - Fill the vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus saith to them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

King James Version
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

Lexham English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Fill the water jars with water." And they filled them to the brim.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus sayth vnto them: fyll the water pottes with water. And they fylled them vp to the brym.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the waterpots with water." So they filled them to the top.

English Standard Version
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim.

New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." So they filled them up to the brim.

Good News Translation
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill these jars with water." They filled them to the brim,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus seith to hem, Fille ye the pottis with watir. And thei filliden hem, vp to the mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus saith to them, `Fill the water-jugs with water;' and they filled them -- unto the brim;

Contextual Overview

¹ And on the third day a marriage took place in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ² And Jesus and His disciples also were invited to the marriage. ³ And being short of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, They have no wine. ⁴ Jesus said to her, What is that to Me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet come. ⁵ His mother said to the servants, Whatever He says to you, do. ⁶ And there were six stone waterpots standing, according to the purification of the Jews, each containing two or three measures. ⁷ Jesus said to them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them to the top. ⁸ And He said to them, Now draw out and carry to the master of the feast. And they carried it. ⁹ But when the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know from where it was (but the servants drawing the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom, ¹⁰ and he said to him, Every man first sets on the good wine, and when they have drunk freely, then the worse. You have kept the good wine until now.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Fill: John 2:3, John 2:5, Numbers 21:6-9, Joshua 6:3-5, 1 Kings 17:13, 2 Kings 4:2-6, 2 Kings 5:10-14, Mark 11:2-6, Mark 14:12-17, Acts 8:26-40

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:3 - empty vessels 2 Kings 4:4 - and shalt pour

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Tigris; it is the one going east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Genesis 2:15
And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it.

Genesis 2:20
And the man called names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every animal of the field. But no helper suited to him was found for a man.

Genesis 2:21
And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh underneath.

Genesis 3:23
Jehovah God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground out of which he was taken.

Genesis 7:22
All died in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land.

Numbers 16:22
And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, God of the spirits of all flesh; shall one man sin, and will You be angry with all the congregation?

Numbers 27:16
Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

Job 4:19
How much more those that dwell in houses of clay; whose foundation is in the dust; they crush them before the moth!

Job 27:3
As long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God is in my nostrils,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus saith unto them,.... To the servants that waited at the feast,

fill the water pots with water. The Ethiopic version adds, "to their brims", as they did. Christ chose the water pots, and not the vessel, or vessels, or bottles, now empty, out of which they had drank their wine; that it might not be said that there was any left therein, which gave colour and flavour to the water: and he ordered them to be filled with water by the servants, that they might take notice, and be witnesses, that that, and nothing else, was put into them; and up to the brims, so that they could not he capable of having any other liquor infused into them:

and they filled them up to the brim; strictly observing the orders of Christ, and the instructions of his mother.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With water - This was done by the servants employed at the feast. It was done by “them,” so that there might be no opportunity of saying that the disciples of Jesus had filled them with wine to produce the “appearance” of a miracle. In this case there could be no deception. The quantity was very considerable. The servants would know whether the “wine” or “water” had been put in these vessels. It could not be believed that they had either the power or the disposition to impose on others in this manner, and the way was therefore clear for the proof that Jesus had really changed what was known to be water into wine.

To the brim - To the top. So full that no wine could be poured in to give the appearance of a mixture. Further, vessels were used for this miracle in which wine had not been kept. These pots were never used to put wine in, but simply to keep “water” in for the various purposes of ablution. A large number was used on this occasion, because there were many guests.