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Berean Standard Bible

““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.””

John 5:7

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At the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem lay a crowd of sick, blind, lame and paralyzed people. Jesus sees a man who has been an invalid for thirty-eight years and asks whether he wants to be healed.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“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.”

World English Bible (WEB)

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.”

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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 does go down before me.'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Señor, le respondió el enfermo, no tengo hombre que me meta en el estanque cuando el agua fuere revuelta; porque entre tanto que yo vengo, otro antes de mí ha descendido.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

El enfermo respondió: ―Señor, no tengo a nadie que me meta en el estanque mientras se remueve el agua. Cada vez que trato de hacerlo otro se me adelanta.

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