The Woman Caught in Adultery
John 8:10
Why translations differ here
The woman caught in adultery: part of John? The story of the woman caught in adultery is accepted as Scripture by the Catholic Church, printed in the Orthodox Church's Greek text and in Protestant Bibles, and has been read in worship since at least the fifth century; scholars of every tradition call it a genuinely ancient story about Jesus.
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?”NE, BYZ, and TR include and saw no one but the woman.WH and NA where are they
- KJV
- When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
- WEB
- Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
- ASV
- And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee?
- LSV
- And Jesus having bent Himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, “Woman, where are those—your accusers? Did no one pass sentence on you?”
- YLT
- And Jesus having bent himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, 'Woman, where are those — thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?'
- DBY
- And Jesus, lifting himself up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Has no one condemned thee?
- DRC
- Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee?
- GNV
- When Iesus had lift vp himselfe againe, and sawe no man, but the woman, hee saide vnto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἀνακύψας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς (“Having lifted up then the Jesus”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ μηδένα θεασάμενος πλὴν τὴς γυναικός (“and no one having seen only the woman”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include εἶπεν αὐτῇ (“said to her”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include ἡ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- Textus Receptus read γυνή (“woman”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort read Γύναι (“O woman”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ποῦ εἰσιν (“where are they”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐκεῖνοι οἱ κατήγοροί σου (“they the accusers of you”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include οὐδείς σε κατέκρινεν (“No [one] you has condemned”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles do not include this wording.
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἀνακύψας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ μηδένα θεασάμενος πλὴν τὴς γυναικός, εἶπεν αὐτῇ· Ποῦ εἰσιν ἐκεῖνοι οἱ κατήγοροί σου; Οὐδείς σε κατέκρινεν;
- RP2018
- Ἀνακύψας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ μηδένα θεασάμενος πλὴν τῆς γυναικός, εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Ποῦ εἰσιν ἐκεῖνοι οἱ κατήγοροί σου; Οὐδείς σε κατέκρινεν;
- TR-Boyd
- Ἀνακύψας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ μηδένα θεασάμενος πλὴν τῆς γυναικός, εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Ἡ γυνή, ποῦ εἰσιν ἐκεῖνοι οἱ κατήγοροί σου; Οὐδείς σε κατέκρινεν;
- SCR1894
- ανακυψας δε ο ιησους και μηδενα θεασαμενος πλην της γυναικος ειπεν αυτη η γυνη που εισιν εκεινοι οι κατηγοροι σου ουδεις σε κατεκρινεν
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