John 5:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.”

John 5:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

John 5:4 in 5 Bible Translations

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John 5:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.”

John 5:4 — World English Bible

John 5:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.”

John 5:4 — Young's Literal Translation

John 5:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For an angel descended at a certain season in the pool and troubled the water. Whoever therefore first went in after the troubling of the water became well, whatever disease he laboured under.]”

John 5:4 — Darby Translation

John 5:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water: whosoeuer then first, after the stirring of the water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoeuer disease he had.”

John 5:4 — Geneva Bible

John 5:4 in Context — John 5

2 Y hay en Jerusalem á [la puerta] del ganado un estanque, que en hebraico es llamado Bethesda, el cual tiene cinco portales.

3 En éstos yacía multitud de enfermos, ciegos, cojos, secos, que estaban esperando el movimiento del agua.

4 Porque un ángel descendía á cierto tiempo al estanque, y revolvía el agua; y el que primero descendía en el estanque después del movimiento del agua, era sano de cualquier enfermedad que tuviese.

5 Y estaba allí un hombre que había treinta y ocho años que estaba enfermo.

6 Como Jesús vió á éste echado, y entendió que ya había mucho tiempo, dícele: ¿Quieres ser sano?

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What Does John 5:4 Mean?

John 5:4 is a verse from the Book of John, part of the New Testament. It appears in John chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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