YHN 8:8 Parallel Verse View

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UST Then Jesus stooped down again and wrote something on the ground with his finger.

AICNT And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground [[the sins of each of them]].[fn]

8:8, the sins of each of them: Some later manuscripts add.

OEB And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

LSB Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.

LSV and again having stooped down, He was writing on the ground,

FBV Then he bent down again and went on writing on the ground.

TCNT And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

T4T Then he stooped down and wrote some more on the ground.

LEB And bending down again, he wrote on the ground.

BBE And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.

Moff then he stooped down again and wrote on the ground.

Wymth Then He leant forward again, and again began to write on the ground.

ASV And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

DRA And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground.

YLT and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,

Drby And again stooping down he wrote on the ground.

RV And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

SLT And again having stooped down, he wrote upon the earth.

Wbstr And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

KJB-1769 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

KJB-1611 And againe, hee stouped downe, and wrote on the ground.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And agayne he stowped downe, and wrote on the grounde.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Gnva And againe hee stouped downe, and wrote on the ground.
(And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. )

Cvdl And he stouped downe agayne, and wrote vpon the grounde.
(And he stooped down again, and wrote upon the ground.)

TNT And agayne he stouped doune and wrote on the grounde.
(And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. )

Wycl And eft he bowide hym silf, and wroot in the erthe.
(And after he bowed himself, and wrote in the earth.)

Luth Und bückete sich wieder nieder und schrieb auf die Erde.
(And bridge/bend_overte itself/yourself/themselves again low/lowly and wrote on/in/to the earth/land/ground.)

ClVg Et iterum se inclinans, scribebat in terra.[fn]
(And again himself incline/leanns, scribebat in/into/on earth/land. )

8.8 Et iterum se inclinans. Data sententia justitiæ qua illi conscii malorum, percussi sunt, iterum scribit in terram ex more, vultum alio vertens: ut illis sit liberum exire, quos prævidebat citius exituros quam plura interrogaturos. Docet autem nos sicut et ante correctionem alterius, ita et post nos ipsos humiliter investigare, ne idem vel aliud simile in nobis sit.

8.8 And again himself incline/leanns. Data opinion justice which them conscii of_evil, I_was_struck are, again writes in/into/on the_earth/land from more, face another vertens: as to_them be liberum to_go_out, which beforevidebat faster exitros how more asksuros. Teaches however us like and before correction another's, so/thus and after us themselves humbly investigare, not the_same or something_else simile in/into/on us let_it_be.

UGNT Καὶ πάλιν κατακύψας τῷ δακτύλῳ κατέγραφεν εἰς τὴν γῆν.
(Kai palin katakupsas tōi daktulōi kategrafen eis taʸn gaʸn.)

SBL-GNT No SBL-GNT YHN (JHN) 8:8 verse available

RP-GNT Καὶ πάλιν κάτω κύψας ἔγραφεν εἰς τὴν γῆν.
(Kai palin katō kupsas egrafen eis taʸn gaʸn.)

TC-GNT Καὶ πάλιν [fn]κάτω κύψας ἔγραφεν εἰς τὴν γῆν.
(Kai palin katō kupsas egrafen eis taʸn gaʸn. )

8:8 κατω κυψας μ^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7} λ^1,2 94.4% ¦ κατακυψας NA WH 2.2%

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:53–8:11: Jesus protected a woman who committed adultery

The earliest and most reliable manuscripts and other ancient documents do not contain this section, John 7:53–8:11. Some English translations, including the GNT, put it in brackets or parentheses. Others, including the NIV, put it in the text. However, they also say that it is almost certainly not part of the original text of John. Yet the passage is very old and may well contain a real narrative of an event in Jesus’ life.

All English translations include it in some way. So you should also include this section so that readers can learn it and refer to it. In addition to the above ways to include it, you can also put it in a footnote.

In this passage, some scribes and Pharisees brought a woman to Jesus who had been caught committing adultery. They said that the law commanded them to stone an adulterer to death and asked Jesus about it. Jesus said that the person who had no sin should throw the first stone. They all left except the woman, and Jesus told her that he did not condemn her and to not sin again.

Here are other possible section titles:

Jesus saved/defended a sinful woman

Jesus refused to condemn a sinful woman

A woman adulterer received forgiveness

Paragraph 8:6c–9

Jesus did not at first answer the people who asked him about the sinful woman. He bent down and wrote something in the sand. Then he said that the person who had not sinned could throw the first stone. Beginning with the oldest, each of those who accused the woman left her. They knew that they too had sinned.

8:8

And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.

Again he bent over and wrote something on the ground.
Then once more he leaned down to write something on the ground.

And again He bent down and wrote on the ground: The conjunction that the BSB translates as And here introduces the next event in the story, which is similar to 8:6c. In some languages it may be natural to follow the NIV and leave it implicit. Or it may be natural to use another word to indicate the next event. For example:

Then once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. (REB)

Parallel YHN 8:8

Section 7:53–8:11: Jesus protected a woman who committed adultery

Paragraph 8:6c–9

8:8