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John 8:4
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KJ21
they said unto Him, “Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
ASV
they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.
AMP
and they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.
AMPC
Teacher, they said, This woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.
BRG
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
CSB
“Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.
CSBA
‘Teacher,’ they said to him, ‘this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.
CEB
they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.
CJB
Then they said to him, “Rabbi, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
CEV
Then they said, “Teacher, this woman was caught sleeping with a man who isn't her husband.
DARBY
they say to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in the very act, committing adultery.
DLNT
they say to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the-act, while committing-adultery.
DRA
And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.
ERV
They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
EASY
They said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, we found this woman. She was having sex with a man who was not her husband.
EHV
“Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.
ESV
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
ESVUK
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
EXB
They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught ·having sexual relations with a man who is not her husband [in the very act of committing adultery].
GNV
And said unto him, Master, we found this woman committing adultery even in the very act.
GW
and asked Jesus, “Teacher, we caught this woman in the act of adultery.
GNT
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
HCSB
“Teacher,” they said to Him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.
ICB
They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught having physical relations with a man who is not her husband.
ISV
they told him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.
PHILLIPS
Early next morning he returned to the Temple and the entire crowd came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them. But the scribes and Pharisees brought in to him a woman who had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in front, and then said to him, “Now, master, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. According to the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women to death. Now, what do you say about her?”
JUB
they said unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery in the very act.
KJV
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
AKJV
they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
LSB
they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.
LEB
they said to him, testing him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery!
TLB
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
MSG
The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught red-handed in the act of adultery. Moses, in the Law, gives orders to stone such persons. What do you say?” 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. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, “The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone.” Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt.
MEV
they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
MOUNCE
they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this · woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
NOG
and asked Yeshua, “Teacher, we caught this woman in the act of adultery.
NABRE
They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
NASB
they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of committing adultery.
NASB1995
they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.
NCB
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
NCV
They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught having sexual relations with a man who is not her husband.
NET
and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
NIRV
They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught sleeping with a man who was not her husband.
NIV
and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
NIVUK
and said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
NKJV
they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.
NLV
Then they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of doing a sex sin.
NLT
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
NMB
and said to him, Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, even in the act.
NRSVA
they said to him, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
NRSVACE
they said to him, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
NRSVCE
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
NRSVUE
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
NTFE
“Teacher,” they said to him. “This woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
OJB
They say to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Rabbi, this isha (woman) has been caught in the act of committing ni’uf (adultery).
RGT
they said to Him, “Master, we found this woman committing adultery, even in the very act.
RSV
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
RSVCE
they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
TLV
they say to Yeshua, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of committing adultery.
VOICE
Pharisees: Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
WEB
they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
WE
They said, `Teacher, this woman has committed adultery. She was caught doing it.
WYC
and said to him, Master, this woman is now taken in adultery.
YLT
they say to him, `Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery,
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