6They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.


In Context

3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,

4 they told him, |Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.

5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?|

6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.

7 But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, |He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.|

8 Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

John 8:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:6They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:6And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:6And this they said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6But this they said proving him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:6And this they said, tempting him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.