James 4 - Compare Translations
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James 4:1
KJVFrom whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
WEBWhere do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
YLTWhence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?
James 4:2
KJVYe lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
WEBYou lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.
YLTye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;
James 4:3
KJVYe ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
WEBYou ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
YLTye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend [it].
James 4:4
KJVYe adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
WEBYou adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
YLTAdulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.
James 4:5
KJVDo ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
WEBOr do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
YLTDo ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'
James 4:6
KJVBut he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
WEBBut he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
YLTand greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'
James 4:7
KJVSubmit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
WEBBe subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
YLTbe subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;
James 4:8
KJVDraw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
WEBDraw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
YLTdraw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
James 4:9
KJVBe afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
WEBLament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
YLTbe exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
James 4:10
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James 4:11
KJVSpeak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
WEBDon’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
YLTSpeak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;
James 4:12
KJVThere is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
WEBOnly one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
YLTone is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou -- who art thou that dost judge the other?
James 4:13
KJVGo to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
WEBCome now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
YLTGo, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'
James 4:14
KJVWhereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
WEBWhereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
YLTwho do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
James 4:15
KJVFor that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
WEBFor you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
YLTinstead of your saying, `If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
James 4:16
KJVBut now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
WEBBut now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
YLTand now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
James 4:17
KJVTherefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
WEBTo him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.
YLTto him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
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