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Source language
Original Greek   
ἐνεδρεύοντες ⸀αὐτὸν θηρεῦσαί τι ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ⸀αὐτοῦ.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
enedreuontes rauton thereusai ti ek tou stomatos rautou.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
insidiantes et quaerentes capere aliquid ex ore eius ut accusarent eum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Authorized (King James) Version   
laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
New King James Version   
lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him.
21st Century King James Version   
lying in wait for Him and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And they acted deceitfully toward him in many things, while they sought to seize on something from his mouth so that they would be able to accuse him.
Darby Bible Translation   
watching him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
God's Word   
and watched him closely to trap him in something he might say.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
they were lying in wait for Him to trap Him in something He said.
International Standard Version   
They watched him closely in an effort to trap him in something he might say.
NET Bible   
plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.
New American Standard Bible   
plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.
New International Version   
waiting to catch him in something he might say.
New Living Translation   
They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Weymouth New Testament   
lying in wait to catch some unguarded expression from His lips.
The World English Bible   
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
EasyEnglish Bible   
They wanted to make him say something wrong. Then they could take hold of him.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
New Life Version   
They planned against Jesus and tried to trap Him with something He might say.
Revised Geneva Translation   
lying in wait for Him, seeking to catch something from His mouth by which they might accuse Him.
The Voice Bible   
trying to trap Him and trick Him into saying things they could use to bring Him down.
Living Bible   
The Pharisees and legal experts were furious; and from that time on they plied him fiercely with a host of questions, trying to trap him into saying something for which they could have him arrested.
New Catholic Bible   
hoping to trap him in something he might say in reply.
Legacy Standard Bible   
plotting to catch Him in something He might say.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
laying wait for him and seeking to catch something out of his mouth that they might accuse him.
Christian Standard Bible   
they were lying in wait for him to trap him in something he said.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Secretly watching and plotting and lying in wait for Him, to seize upon something He might say [that they might accuse Him].
New Century Version   
trying to catch him saying something wrong.
The Message   
As soon as Jesus left the table, the religion scholars and Pharisees went into a rage. They went over and over everything he said, plotting how they could trap him in something from his own mouth.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
They were plotting against him to trap him in something he said.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
plotting against him, to catch him in something from · his mouth.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
New Matthew Bible   
laying wait for him, and attempting to catch something out of his mouth that they could use to accuse him.
Good News Translation®   
trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.
Wycliffe Bible   
ambushing him, and seeking to take something of his mouth, to accuse him [that they should accuse him].
New Testament for Everyone   
lying in wait for him to catch him in something he might say.
Contemporary English Version   
so they could catch him saying something wrong.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
And when he left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began to regard him with bitter animosity and tried to draw him out on a great many subjects, waiting to pounce on some incriminating remark.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
Common English Bible © 2011   
They plotted against him, trying to trap him in his words.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.
New American Standard Bible   
plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.
The Expanded Bible   
·trying [lying in wait; plotting an ambush; C metaphorically] to catch him saying something wrong.
Tree of Life Version   
plotting against Him to catch Him in His words.
Revised Standard Version   
lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.
New International Reader's Version   
They set traps for him. They wanted to catch him in something he might say.
BRG Bible   
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Complete Jewish Bible   
laying traps to catch him in something he might say.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
They wanted him to say something that was wrong so they could make trouble for him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Plotting to catch him in something from his mouth.
Names of God Bible   
and watched him closely to trap him in something he might say.
Modern English Version   
lying in wait for Him and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.
Easy-to-Read Version   
They were trying to find a way to catch Jesus saying something wrong.
International Children’s Bible   
They were trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong.
Lexham English Bible   
plotting to catch him with reference to something he might say.
New International Version - UK   
waiting to catch him in something he might say.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
while lying-in-wait-for Him to catch something from His mouth—