John 5:7 - Easy To Read Version

⁷ The sick man answered, “Sir, there is no person to help me get into the water when the water starts moving. I try to be the first person into the water. But when I try, another person always goes in before I can.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The invalid answered, Sir, I have nobody when the water is moving to put me into the pool; but while I am trying to come [into it] myself, somebody else steps down ahead of me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ The sick man answered him, “Sir, I don’t have anyone who can put me in the water when it is stirred up. When I’m trying to get to it, someone else has gotten in ahead of me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The invalid answered him: "Lord, I do not have any man to put me in the pool, when the water has been stirred. For as I am going, another descends ahead of me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. For whilst I am coming, another goeth down before me.

John 5:7 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 142:4

I look around,\par and I don’t see any of my friends.\par I have no place to run.\par No person is trying to save me.\par

Psalm 72:12

Our king helps the helpless.\par Our king helps poor, helpless people.\par

John 5:2

In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches. In the Jewish language {\cf2\super [73]} it is called Bethzatha. {\cf2\super [74]} This pool is near the Sheep Gate.

John 5:3

Many sick people were lying on the porches \{beside the pool\}. Some of the people were blind, some were crippled, and some were paralyzed. {\cf2\super [75]}

John 5:4

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John 5:6

Jesus saw the man lying there. Jesus knew that the man had been sick for a very long time. So Jesus asked the man, “Do you want to be well?”

Romans 5:6

Christ died for us while we were still weak people. We were living against God, but at the right time, Christ died for us.

1 Corinthians 9:24

You know that in a race all the runners run. But only one runner gets the prize. So run like that. Run to win!

Deuteronomy 32:36

“The Lord will judge his people. They are his servants, and he will show them mercy. He will see that their power is gone. He will see that they are all helpless— the slaves and free people, too.