John 2:7

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Jesus saith unto them - Fill the vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

Parallel Translations

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Darby Translation
Jesus says to them, Fill the water-vessels with water. And 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.

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

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.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus saith to 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.

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

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

Christian Standard Bible®
“Fill the jars with water,”

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus *said to them, "Fill the water jars with water." So they filled them up to 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 also was invited, with his disciples, unto the marriage. ³ And, wine falling short, the mother of Jesus saith unto him - Wine, have they none! ⁴ And Jesus saith unto her - What part can I take with thee, O woman? Not yet, hath come, mine hour. ⁵ His mother saith unto them who are ministering - Whatsoever he may say to you, do! ⁶ Now there were there, six stone water-vessels, placed, according to the purification of the Jews; holding each, two or three measures. ⁷ Jesus saith unto them - Fill the vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And he saith unto them - Draw out now, and be bearing unto the master of the feast. And they bare. ⁹ And, when the master of the feast had tasted the water, now made, wine, and knew not whence it was, - though, they who were ministering, knew, even they who had drawn out the water, the master accosteth the bridegroom, ¹⁰ and saith unto him - Every man, first the good wine, setteth out; and, when they had been well-supplied, the inferior: - Thou, hast kept the good wine until, even 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 Hiddekel, the same, is that which goeth in front of Assyria; and the fourth river, is Euphrates.

Genesis 2:15
So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.

Genesis 2:20
So the man gave names to all the tame-beasts, and to the birds of the heavens, and to all the wild-beasts of the field, - but, for man, had there not been found a helper as his counterpart.

Genesis 2:21
So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept, - and he took one of his ribs, and closed up flesh instead thereof.

Genesis 3:23
So Yahweh God put him forth from the garden of Eden, - to till the ground wherefrom he had been taken.

Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life of all that were on the dry ground died.

Numbers 16:22
And they fell upon their faces and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, - shall, one man, sin, and against all the assembly, wilt thou he wroth.

Numbers 27:16
Let Yahweh, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly;

Job 4:19
How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:

Job 27:3
All the while my inspiration 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.