KJV
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. ]



KJV
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. ]

AMP
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.

KJVP
6. This G5124 D-ASN they said G3004 V-IAI-3P , tempting G3985 V-PAP-NPM him G846 P-ASM , that G2443 CONJ they might have G2192 V-PAS-3P to accuse G2723 him G846 P-GSM . But G1161 CONJ Jesus G2424 N-NSM stooped G2955 V-AAP-NSM down G2736 PREP , and with [ his ] finger G1147 N-DSM wrote G1125 V-IAI-3S on G1519 PREP the G3588 T-ASF ground G1093 N-ASF , [ as ] [ though ] he V-PNP-NSM [ heard G4364 V-PNP-NSM ] [ them G3361 V-PNP-NSM ] [ not G3361 V-PNP-NSM . ]

YLT
6. and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,

ASV
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.

WEB
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.

NASB
6. They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.

ESV
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.

RV
6. And this they said, tempting him, that they might have {cf15i whereof} to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

RSV
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.

NKJV
6. This they said, testing Him, that they might have [something] of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with [His] finger, as though He did not hear.

MKJV
6. They said this, tempting Him so that they might have reason to accuse Him. But bending down, Jesus wrote on the ground with His finger, not appearing to hear.

AKJV
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.

NRSV
6. They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

NIV
6. 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.

NIRV
6. They were trying to trap Jesus with that question. They wanted to have a reason to bring charges against him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.

NLT
6. 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.

MSG
6. 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.

GNB
6. They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him. But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger.

NET
6. (Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

ERVEN
6. They were saying this to trick Jesus. They wanted to catch him saying something wrong so that they could have a charge against him. But Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger.