John 5:5

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

John 5:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And a certain man was there, being thirty and eight years in his ailment.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

John 5

³ On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

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

⁶ When 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?”

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.”

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