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World English Bible

John 8:8

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Hypocrisy;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Defender of the Weak;   Weak;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Divorce;   Marriage;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ethics;   Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Water of Jealousy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Excommunication;   Forgiveness;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Marriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Aristion (Aristo);   Boyhood ;   Considerateness;   Education (2);   Family (Jesus);   Gestures;   Husband ;   Liberty (2);   Man (2);   Mental Characteristics;   Perfection (of Jesus);   Stoning (2);   Writing (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Versions of the Scripture, Ancient;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Writing;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Purity;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adultery;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 1;  

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.
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.
Mace New Testament (1729)
then stooping down again, he wrote on the ground.
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 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst, 4 they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?" 6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger, as if he didn't hear. 7 But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her." 8 Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. 9 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle. 10 Jesus lifted himself up, and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 5:17 - of the dust

Cross-References

Genesis 8:10
He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
Genesis 8:11
The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Genesis 8:12
He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn't return to him any more.
Song of Solomon 1:15
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved
Song of Solomon 2:14
My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless 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.


 
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