John 8:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJohn 8:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
τοῦτο
hoûtos
G3778
this
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ἔλεγον
légō
G3004
to say
πειράζοντες
peirázō
G3985
to test
αὐτόν
autós
G846
he
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
ἔχωσι
échō
G2192
to have
κατηγορεῖν
katēgoréō
G2723
to accuse
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
κάτω
kátō
G2736
lower
κύψας
kýptō
G2955
to stoop down
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
δακτύλῳ
dáktylos
G1147
finger
ἔγραφεν
gráphō
G1125
to write
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
γῆν
gē
G1093
earth
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But Jesus, having bent down, began to write on the ground with his finger.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).