James 3:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”
James 3:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
James 3:14 in 6 Bible Translations
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James 3:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.”
James 3:14 — World English Bible
James 3:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. ”
James 3:14 — American Standard Version
James 3:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;”
James 3:14 — Young's Literal Translation
James 3:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. ”
James 3:14 — Darby Translation
James 3:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth.”
James 3:14 — Geneva Bible
James 3:14 in Context — James 3
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
What Does James 3:14 Mean?
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