John 5:7

John 5:7 in other versions

• 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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

Context of John 5:7

5And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith to him, Wilt thou be healed? 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. 8Jesus saith to him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9And immediately the man was healed, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

John 5:7 word by word

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἀσθενῶν· κύριε, ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἔχω ἵνα ὅταν ταραχθῇ τὸ ὕδωρ βάλῃ με εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν· ἐν ᾧ δὲ ἔρχομαι ἐγώ, ἄλλος πρὸ ἐμοῦ καταβαίνει.Read the interlinear

• manἀσθενέωastheneō · be weak: illG770
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Sirκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noοὐou · noG3756
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• troubledταράσσωtarassō · to troubleG5015
• toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• putβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• meμέme · meG3165
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• poolκολυμβήθραkolumbēthra · poolG2861
• butδέde · thenG1161
• whileἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• whileὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• downκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
• meἐμοῦemou · of meG1700

Cross-references for John 5:7

• Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
• Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
• Psalms 142:4I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
• Romans 5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life:
• John 5:4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was healed of whatever disease he had.
• 1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they who run in a race all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

Commentaries on John 5:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Sir, I have no man - , - "Yes, sir; but I have no man:" - this is the reading of C*GH, fourteen others, both the Syriac, later Persic, Arabic, and Chrysostom. Reader, be thankful to God for health and outward comforts. When long affliction has been allied to deep poverty, how deplorable is the state!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Sir, I have no man … - The answer of the man implied that he did wish it, but, in addition to all his other trials, he had no “friend” to aid him. This is an additional circumstance that heightened his affliction.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40This chapter is structured like a courtroom case (a legal trial). It begins with a description of the event that led to the conflict (5:1–15). This is followed by the decision of the Jewish leaders to take action against Jesus (5:16). Next comes a statement of the charges against him (5:18). The chapter then presents the defense given by Jesus, where he explains his authority and his relationship with the Father (5:17, 19–40).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-95-9. thirty and eight years--but not all that time at the pool. This was probably the most pitiable of all the cases, and therefore selected.Read the comment

Topics related to John 5:7

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sabbath

In the dictionaries

• Folk
• Judgment
• Lest
• Light
• Palsy
• Pool
• Step
• Trouble
• Troubling
• Witness

Commentaries on John 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings