7and 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;'


In Context

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,

9 and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders — unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

John 8:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:7But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:7When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:7But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast the stone at her.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:7But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7So when they continued asking him, he raised himself, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7But 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.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.