John 8:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ And 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.

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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, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

Proverbs 26:17

He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

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

Jeremiah 17:13

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed; they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Daniel 5:5

In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Amos 5:10

They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Amos 5:13

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Numbers 14:22

because all those men which have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matthew 15:23

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Matthew 16:1

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and tempting him asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 19:3

And there came unto him Pharisees, tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Matthew 22:35

And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him,

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

Mark 10:2

And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

Mark 12:15

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

Mark 3:2

And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

Mark 8:11

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

Luke 10:25

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 11:16

And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

John 8:2

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents.