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


In Context

2 Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, |Bethesda,| having five porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;

4 for an angel went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made whole of whatever disease he had.

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

6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, |Do you want to be made well?|

7 The sick man answered him, |Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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