John 8:8

Mace New Testament

then stooping down again, he wrote on the ground.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground.

King James Version (1611)
And againe, hee stouped downe, and wrote on the ground.

King James Version
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

English Standard Version
And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground.

New American Standard Bible
And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

New Century Version
Then Jesus bent over again and wrote on the ground.

Amplified Bible
Then He stooped down again and started writing on the ground.

Legacy Standard Bible
Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

Berean Standard Bible
And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.

Contemporary English Version
Once again he bent over and began writing on the ground.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then he bent down and wrote in the dust again.

Darby Translation
And again stooping down he wrote on the ground.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus stooped down again and wrote on the ground.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And againe hee stouped downe, and wrote on the ground.

George Lamsa Translation
And again as he bent down, he wrote on the ground.

Good News Translation
Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.

Lexham English Bible
And bending down again, he wrote on the ground.

Literal Translation
And bending down again, He wrote in the earth.

American Standard Version
And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

Bible in Basic English
And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.

Hebrew Names Version
Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

International Standard Version
Then he bent down again and continued writing on the ground.on the ground the sins of each one of them">[fn]

Murdock Translation
And, having again stooped down, he wrote on the ground.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And agayne he stowped downe, and wrote on the grounde.

English Revised Version
And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

World English Bible
Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then stooping down again, he wrote an the ground.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then He leant forward again, and again began to write on the ground.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eft he bowide hym silf, and wroot in the erthe.

Webster's Bible Translation
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

New English Translation
Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.

New King James Version
And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

New Living Translation
Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.

New Life Bible
Again He got down and wrote in the dust.

New Revised Standard
And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Douay-Rheims Bible
And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground.

Revised Standard Version
And once more he bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And agayne he stouped doune and wrote on ye grounde.

Young's Literal Translation
and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he stouped downe agayne, and wrote vpon the grounde.

THE MESSAGE
To Throw the Stone Jesus went across to Mount Olives, but he was soon back in the Temple again. Swarms of people came to him. He sat down and taught them. The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone and said, "Teacher, this woman was caught red-handed in the act of adultery. Moses, in the Law, gives orders to stone such persons. What do you say?" They were trying to trap him into saying something incriminating so they could bring charges against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, "The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone." Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He knelt back down and continued writing in the dirt.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

Contextual Overview

¹ Then Jesus went to the mount of olives. ² but early in the morning he return'd to the temple, where all the people came to him; and being sat down, he instructed them. ³ then the Scribes and Pharisees brought a woman surprized in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle of the assembly, ⁴ they said to him, master, this woman was actually taken in adultery. ⁵ now Moses has ordain'd in the law, that such criminals should be stoned: but what is your opinion? ⁶ they said this only to ensnare him, that they might have some accusation against him. but Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. ⁷ and as they pressed him to answer, he rais'd himself, and said to them, he that is without sin among you, let him be the first that throws a stone at her. ⁸ then stooping down again, he wrote on the ground. ⁹ but they who heard that, being convicted by their own conscience, they all went old and young one after another, so that Jesus was left alone with the woman, who still kept her place. ¹⁰ then Jesus raising himself, and seeing none but the woman there, he said to her, woman, where are your accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Numbers 5:17 - of the dust

Cross-References

Matthew 10:16
By your mission you will be expos'd like sheep in the midst of wolves: be then as circumspect as serpents, and as inoffensive as doves:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. As before, having said enough to confound them; and yet unwilling to pursue the matter any further, or publicly expose them in any other way; and that they might have an opportunity of withdrawing themselves without any further notice of his, he took this method.