4No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."


In Context

1 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life.

2 But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near,

3 Jesus' brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do.

4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."

5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

6 Therefore Jesus told them, "The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right.

John 7:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:4For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:4For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4for no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be known in public. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:4For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things — manifest thyself to the world;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4For there is no man that does any thing in secret, and he himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.