5One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.


In Context

1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.

5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

7 "Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."

John 5:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And there was a certain man there, that had been eight and thirty years under his infirmity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5But there was a certain man there who had been suffering under his infirmity thirty and eight years.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And a certain man was there, which had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.