John 8:6 - New Revised Standard Version

⁶ They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ This 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ This they said to try (test) Him, hoping they might find a charge on which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ They said this to test him, because they wanted a reason to bring an accusation against him. Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But they were saying this to test him, so that they might be able to accuse him. Then Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

John 8:6 Cross References

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches down, he stretches out like a lion, like a lioness—who dares rouse him up?

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Proverbs 26:17

Like somebody who takes a passing dog by the ears is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Jeremiah 17:13

O hope of Israel! O Lord! All who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be recorded in the underworld, for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, the Lord.

Daniel 5:5

Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall of the royal palace, next to the lampstand. The king was watching the hand as it wrote.

Amos 5:10

They hate the one who reproves in the gate, and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Numbers 14:22

none of the people who have seen my glory and the signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tested me these ten times and have not obeyed my voice,

Matthew 10:16

“See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 15:23

But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.”

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 19:3

Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?”

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites?

Matthew 22:35

and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I put you under oath before the living God, tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Mark 10:2

Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Mark 12:15

Should we pay them, or should we not?” But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why are you putting me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me see it.”

Mark 3:2

They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

Mark 8:11

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him.

Luke 10:25

Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 11:16

Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.

John 8:2

Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them.

1 Corinthians 10:9

We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.