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John 8:6

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6They asked this to test him. They wanted to find a reason to bring charges against him. 

Jesus bent down and used his finger to write on the ground.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They asked this to trap him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger.

NLTNew Living Translation

They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

(Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have an occasion to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write with his finger on the ground, taking no notice.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.