John 3:29 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁹ “He that has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. So this joy of mine is complete.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the groomsman who stands by and listens to him rejoices greatly and heartily on account of the bridegroom's voice. This then is my pleasure and joy, and it is now complete. [S. of Sol. 5:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full.

Common English Bible

²⁹ The groom is the one who is getting married. The friend of the groom stands close by and, when he hears him, is overjoyed at the groom’s voice. Therefore, my joy is now complete.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ He who holds the bride is the groom. But the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to Him, rejoices joyfully at the voice of the groom. And so, this, my joy, has been fulfilled.

John 3:29 Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:11

Go forth, O daughters of Tsiyon, And see Sovereign Shelomoh with the crown With which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, And on the day of his gladness of heart.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have come to my garden, My sister, my bride; I have plucked my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends! Drink, and drink deeply, O beloved ones!

Isaiah 54:5

“For your Maker is your husband, יהוה  of hosts is His Name, and the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 66:11

so that you feed, and shall be satisfied with the breast of her comforts, so that you drink deeply, and shall delight yourselves in her overflowing esteem.”

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go, and you shall cry in the hearing of Yerushalayim, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your bridehood, when you went after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Ezekiel 16:8

“Again I passed by you and looked upon you and saw that your time was the time of love. And I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. And I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine,” declares the Master יהוה.

Hosea 2:19

“And I shall take you as a bride unto Me forever, and take you as a bride unto Me in righteousness, and in right-ruling, and kindness and compassion.

Matthew 22:2

“The reign of the heavens is like a man, a sovereign, who made a wedding feast for his son,

Matthew 25:1

“Then the reign of the heavens shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 9:15

And יהושע  said to them, “Are the friends of the bridegroom able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days shall come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

Luke 15:6

“And having come home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

John 15:11

“These words I have spoken to you, so that My joy might be in you, and that your joy might be complete.

John 16:24

“Until now you have asked naught in My Name. Ask, and you shall receive, in order that your joy might be complete.

John 17:13

“And now I come to You. And I speak these words in the world, so that they have My joy completed in them.

John 3:30

“It is right for Him to increase, but me to decrease.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous for you with a jealousy according to Elohim. For I gave you in marriage to one husband, to present you as an innocent maiden to Messiah.

Philippians 2:2

make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, one in being and of purpose,

1 John 1:4

And we write this to you in order that your joy might be complete.

2 John 1:12

Having much to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink, but I expect to come to you and speak face to face, so that our joy might be complete.

Revelation 21:9

And one of the seven messengers who held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and spoke with me, saying, “Come, I shall show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”