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,


In Context

3 and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,

4 they say to him, 'Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime — committing adultery,

5 and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?'

6 and 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,

7 and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, 'The sinless of you — let him first cast the stone at her;'

8 and again having stooped down, he was writing 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6They 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.

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.