John 8:6 - Revised Standard Version

⁶ This they said to test him, 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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as 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 bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Proverbs 26:17

He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing 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 who forsake thee shall be put to shame; those who turn away from thee shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.

Daniel 5:5

Immediately the fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand; and the king saw the hand as it wrote.

Amos 5:10

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

Amos 5:13

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

Numbers 14:22

none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the proof these ten times and have not hearkened to my voice,

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 15:23

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.”

Matthew 16:1

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

Matthew 19:3

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?”

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put 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. And the high priest said to him, “I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Mark 10:2

And Pharisees came up and in order to test him 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 put me to the test? Bring me a coin, and let me look at it.”

Mark 3:2

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

Mark 8:11

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

Luke 10:25

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 11:16

while others, to test him, sought 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 taught them.

1 Corinthians 10:9

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