James 5:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
James 5:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
James 5:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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James 5:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.”
James 5:16 — World English Bible
James 5:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working. ”
James 5:16 — American Standard Version
James 5:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;”
James 5:16 — Young's Literal Translation
James 5:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. [The] fervent supplication of the righteous [man] has much power. ”
James 5:16 — Darby Translation
James 5:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Acknowledge your faultes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: for the prayer of a righteous man auaileth much, if it be feruent.”
James 5:16 — Geneva Bible
James 5:16 in Context — James 5
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
What Does James 5:16 Mean?
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