John 5:7

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““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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BSBPD

““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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 5:7 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:36For 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.
  2. Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
  3. Psalms 142:4Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
  4. John 5:3On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
  5. Romans 5:6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
  6. 1 Corinthians 9:24Do 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.
  7. 2 Corinthians 1:8We 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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