Following are a number of back-translations of John 5:5:

• Uma: «There was a man there, he had been sick thirty-eight years.» (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: «There was a person there who had been sick for thirty eight years.» (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: «And there was there a person who had been sick a long time because 38 years was the length of his sickness.» (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: «There was a man there who had been sick for thirty eight years.» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: «There was one person there who was a man, who had been ill for thirty eight years already.» (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: «There was a man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.» (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)