John 5:7
5 One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
“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.”
8 Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
9 Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Den syke svarte ham: Herre! jeg har ingen til å kaste meg ned i dammen når vannet blir opprørt; og i det samme jeg kommer, stiger en annen ned før meg.
- OTB
- Den syke mannen svarte: "Herre, jeg har ingen til å hjelpe meg ned i dammen når vannet blir rørt. Mens jeg prøver å komme meg ned, stiger en annen ned før meg."
- B1930
- Den syke svarte ham: Herre! jeg har ingen til å kaste mig ned i dammen når vannet blir oprørt; og i det samme jeg kommer, stiger en annen ned før mig.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- DARBY
- The infirm [man] answered him, Sir, I have not a man, in order, when the water has been troubled, to cast me into the pool; but while I am coming another descends before me.
- BLB
- The one ailing answered Him, “Sir, I do not have a man, that when the water might be stirred, he might put me into the pool; and while I am going, another goes down before me.”
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Psalms 72:12
For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Les i sammenhengDeuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
Les i sammenheng1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 142:4
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
Les i sammenheng2 Corinthians 1:8–10
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
Les i sammenhengRomans 5:6
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Les i sammenhengJohn 5:3
On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
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