John 7:7

John 7:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
• New International Version (NIV)The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.

Context of John 7:7

5Even his brothers didn’t believe in him. 6Jesus told them, “Now is not the right time for me to go. Any time is right for you. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil. 8Go to the festival. I’m not going to this festival right now. Now is not the right time for me to go.” 9After saying this, Jesus stayed in Galilee.

John 7:7 word by word

οὐ δύναται ὁ κόσμος μισεῖν ὑμᾶς, ἐμὲ δὲ μισεῖ, ὅτι ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ πονηρά ἐστιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The worldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• cannotοὐou · noG3756
• ·δύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• hateμισέωmiseō · to hateG3404
• youσύsu · youG4771
• butδέde · thenG1161
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• testifyμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• the worksἔργονergon · workG2041
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190

Cross-references for John 7:7

• John 15:19If you had anything in common with the world, the world would love you as one of its own. But you don’t have anything in common with the world. I chose you from the world, and that’s why the world hates you.
• Luke 6:26How horrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you. That’s the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.
• James 4:4You unfaithful people! Don’t you know that love for this ⌞evil⌟ world is hatred toward God? Whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.
• 1 John 4:5These people belong to the world. That’s why they speak the thoughts of the world, and the world listens to them.
• John 15:18“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me before it hated you.
• John 17:14I have given them your message. But the world has hated them because they don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
• Proverbs 8:36Whoever sins against me harms himself. All those who hate me love death.”
• Isaiah 49:7The Lord is the defender of Israel, its Holy One. This is what the Lord says to the despised one, to the one scorned by the nation, to the slave of rulers: Kings will see ⌞you⌟ and stand. Princes will see ⌞you⌟ and bow. The Lord is faithful. The Holy One of Israel has chosen you.
• Zechariah 11:8I got rid of three shepherds in one month. I became impatient with the sheep, and they also became disgusted with me.
• Romans 8:7This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God’s standards because it can’t.
• 1 John 3:12Don’t be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil and the things his brother did had God’s approval.
• John 3:19This is why people are condemned: The light came into the world. Yet, people loved the dark rather than the light because their actions were evil.
• 1 Kings 21:20Ahab asked Elijah, “So you’ve found me, my enemy?” Elijah answered, “I found you. Because you sold yourself to do what the Lord considers evil.
• 1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel told Jehoshaphat, “We can ask the Lord through Micaiah, son of Imlah, but I hate him. He doesn’t prophesy anything good about me, only evil.” Jehoshaphat answered, “The king must not say that.”
• Proverbs 9:7Whoever corrects a mocker receives abuse. Whoever warns a wicked person gets hurt.
• Proverbs 15:12A mocker does not appreciate a warning. He will not go to wise people.

Commentaries on John 7:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The world cannot hate you - The Jews will not persecute you, because ye are in their sentiments and interests. Ye also expect a worldly Messiah. But me it hateth - Because I condemn its injustice, its pride, its ambition, and its maxims, by my life and doctrine. It is very likely that the term world means here the Jewish people only: this is an acceptation in which ̔ frequently occurs in this Gospel. See on John 17 (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The world cannot hate you - You profess no principles in opposition to the world. You do not excite its envy, or rouse against you the civil rulers. As you possess the same spirit and principles with the men of the world, they cannot be expected to hate you. I testify of it - I bear witness against it. This was the main cause of the opposition which was made to him. He proclaimed that men were depraved, and the result was that they hated him. We may…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8My time has not yet come: Jesus said that it was not the right time for him to go publicly to Jerusalem. Later, however, he did go to the city. He went quietly and not in a public way (7:10; compare study note on 12:23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-106-10. My time is not yet come--that is, for showing Himself to the world. your time is always ready--that is "It matters little when we go up, for ye have no great plans in life, and nothing hangs upon your movements. With Me it is otherwise; on every movement of Mine there hangs what ye know not. The world has no quarrel with you, for ye bear no testimony against it, and so draw down upon yourselves none of its wrath; but I am here to lift up My voice…Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings