John 7:22
ContextNET © | However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision 1 (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child 2 on the Sabbath. |
NIV © | Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath. |
NASB © | "For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. |
NLT © | But you work on the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses’ law of circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision is older than the law of Moses; it goes back to Abraham.) |
MSG © | Moses prescribed circumcision--originally it came not from Moses but from his ancestors--and so you circumcise a man, dealing with one part of his body, even if it's the Sabbath. |
BBE © | Moses gave you circumcision—not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers—and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision. |
NRSV © | Moses gave you circumcision (it is, of course, not from Moses, but from the patriarchs), and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. |
NKJV © | "Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision 1 (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child 2 on the Sabbath. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “gave you circumcision.” 2 tn Grk “a man.” While the text literally reads “circumcise a man” in actual fact the practice of circumcising male infants on the eighth day after birth (see Phil 3:5) is primarily what is in view here. |