John 5:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

New Living Translation
Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.

English Standard Version
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.

Berean Study Bible
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

New American Standard Bible
Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porticoes.

NASB 1995
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes.

NASB 1977
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes.

Amplified Bible
Now in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew (Jewish Aramaic) Bethesda, having five porticoes (alcoves, colonnades).

Christian Standard Bible
By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Aramaic, which has five colonnades.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five colonnades.

Contemporary English Version
In the city near the sheep gate was a pool with five porches, and its name in Hebrew was Bethzatha.

Good News Translation
Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool with five porches; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Near Sheep Gate in Jerusalem was a pool called [Bethesda] in Hebrew. It had five porches.

International Standard Version
Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It has five colonnades,

NET Bible
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

New King James Version
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

King James 2000 Bible
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

New Heart English Bible
Now in Jerusalem by the sheep area there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Beth Hesda," having five porches.

World English Bible
Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.

American King James Version
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

American Standard Version
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

A Faithful Version
And there is in Jerusalem at the sheep gate a pool, called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five porches.

Darby Bible Translation
Now there is in Jerusalem, at the sheepgate, a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

English Revised Version
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And there is at Hierusalem by the place of the sheepe, a poole called in Ebrew Bethesda, hauing fiue porches:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And there is at Hierusalem by the sheepe market, a poole, which is called in the Hebrue tonge Bethesda, hauyng fyue porches.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
There is at Ierusalem by the slaughter house a pole, which in Hebrue is called Bethseda, & hath fyue porches,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And ther is at Ierusalem by ye slaughterhousse a pole called in ye Ebrue toge Bethseda havinge five porches
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-[gate] a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,

Berean Literal Bible
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, having five porches.

Young's Literal Translation
and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep -gate a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,

Smith's Literal Translation
And there is in Jerusalem, at the sheep place a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, having five porches.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate, a pool, called in Aramaic Bethesda, having five porches.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now there is at Jerusalem a pond, called Probatica, which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five porches.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now at Jerusalem is the Pool of Evidence, which in Hebrew is known as the Place of Mercy; it has five porticos.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But there was a certain baptismal place in Jerusalem called in Aramaic, Bayth Khesda, and there were in it five porches.

Lamsa Bible
Now there was at Jerusalem a baptismal pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five entrances.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Now there is in Jerusalem, near the sheep gate, a pool, called, in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, with five porches.

Godbey New Testament
And there is a pool at the sheep-market, called in Hebrew Bethzatha, having five porches.

Haweis New Testament
Now there is at Jerusalem near the sheep-market a pool, called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porticos.

Mace New Testament
now there was at Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a bath, called in Hebrew, Bethesda, which had five portico's.

Weymouth New Testament
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, called in Hebrew 'Bethesda.' It has five arcades.

Worrell New Testament
Now there is in Jerusalem, by the sheep-gate, a pool, which is called, in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

Worsley New Testament
Now there is at Jerusalem near the sheep-market a pool, called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticos about it.
















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