NET Bible
"(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."
— John 8:6, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.”
“They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.”
“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.”
The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them
and said to Jesus,“Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”
(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.
When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied,“Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.
Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.