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 6 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 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 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.
5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
What Does John 5:4 Mean?
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