John 5:7 ““Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool wh…”

John 5:7

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

Geneva Bible 1599

The sicke man answered him, Sir, I haue no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the poole: but while I am comming, another steppeth downe before me.

Darby Translation

The infirm [man] answered him, Sir, I have not a man, in order, when the water has been troubled, to cast me into the pool; but while I am coming another descends before me.

Young's Literal Translation

The ailing man answered him, 'Sir, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another doth go down before me.'

Bible in Basic English

The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.

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Cross references

“I have”

Psalm 72:12 Deuteronomy 32:36 Psalm 142:4 2 Corinthians 1:8–10 Romans 5:6

Psalm 72:12 · BSB

For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Deuteronomy 32:36 · BSB

For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

Psalm 142:4 · BSB

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

2 Corinthians 1:8–10 · BSB

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

Romans 5:6 · BSB

For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

“before”

1 Corinthians 9:24 John 5:4

1 Corinthians 9:24 · BSB

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

Also

John 5:3

John 5:3 · BSB

On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

8Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

Read John 5