John 8:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

New Living Translation
They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!”

English Standard Version
And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Berean Study Bible
When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”

New American Standard Bible
When they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

NASB 1995
But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

NASB 1977
But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Amplified Bible
However, when they persisted in questioning Him, He straightened up and said, “He who is without [any] sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Christian Standard Bible
When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, "The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her."

Contemporary English Version
They kept on asking Jesus about the woman. Finally, he stood up and said, "If any of you have never sinned, then go ahead and throw the first stone at her!"

Good News Translation
As they stood there asking him questions, he straightened up and said to them, "Whichever one of you has committed no sin may throw the first stone at her."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When they persisted in asking him questions, he straightened up and said, "The person who is sinless should be the first to throw a stone at her."

International Standard Version
When they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and told them, "Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

NET Bible
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."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

New King James Version
So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.”

King James 2000 Bible
So when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

New Heart English Bible
But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."

World English Bible
But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."

American King James Version
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

American Standard Version
But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

A Faithful Version
And as they continued to ask Him, He lifted Himself up and said to them, "Let the sinless one among you cast the first stone at her."

Darby Bible Translation
But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast the stone at her.

English Revised Version
But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Webster's Bible Translation
So when they continued asking him, he raised himself, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And while they continued asking him, hee lift himselfe vp, and sayde vnto them, Let him that is among you without sinne, cast the first stone at her.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
So, when they continued asking him, he lyft vp hym selfe, & sayde vnto them: Let hym that is among you without sinne, caste the first stone at her.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Now whyle they contynued axynge him, he lift him self vp, and sayde vnto them: He that is amonge you without synne, let him cast the first stone at her.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And whyll they continued axynge him he lyfte him selfe vp and sayde vnto them: let him yt is amoge you wt out synne cast the fyrst stone at her.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and when they continued asking Him, having bent Himself back, He said to them, “The sinless of you—let him cast the first stone at her”;

Berean Literal Bible
But as they continued asking Him, having lifted Himself up, also He said to them, "The one sinless among you, let him cast the first stone at her."

Young's Literal Translation
and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, 'The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'

Smith's Literal Translation
And when they continued asking him, having lifted up the head, he said to them, Let him faultless among you, first cast a stone at her.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And as they continued asking Him, having lifted up Himself and He said to them, The one sinless among you, let him cast the first stone upon her.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And then, when they persevered in questioning him, he stood upright and said to them, “Let whoever is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But as they persisted asking him, he stood up and he said to them, “He among you who is without sin, let him first cast a stone upon her.”

Lamsa Bible
When they were through questioning him, he straightened himself up and said to them, He who is among you without sin, let him first throw a stone at her.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
But as they continued to ask him, he stood up, and said to them: Let him among you who is without sin, first throw a stone at her.

Godbey New Testament


Haweis New Testament
Now when they continued questioning him, raising himself up, he said to them, Let the person who is sinless among you, first cast a stone at her.

Mace New Testament
and as they pressed him to answer, he rais'd himself, and said to them, he that is without sin among you, let him be the first that throws a stone at her.

Weymouth New Testament
When however they persisted with their question, He raised His head and said to them, "Let the sinless man among you be the first to throw a stone at her."

Worrell New Testament
And, as they continued asking Him, He, having raised Himself up, said to them, "Let the sinless one among you first cast a stone at her."

Worsley New Testament
And as they continued asking Him, He raised himself up and said unto them, "Let him that is without sin among you, first cast a stone at her."
















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