James 4:1

AMP: What leads to [the unending] quarrels and conflicts among you? Do they not come from your [hedonistic] desires that wage war in your [bodily] members [fighting for control over you]?

ASV: Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members?

BSB: What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

DARBY: Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, from your pleasures, which war in your members?

DRA: From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?

KJV: From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

James 4:2

AMP: You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your lust goes unfulfilled; so you murder. You are envious and cannot obtain [the object of your envy]; so you fight and battle. You do not have because you do not ask [it of God]. [1 John 3:15]

ASV: Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

BSB: You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.

DARBY: Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.

DRA: You covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and can not obtain. You contend and war, and you have not, because you ask not.

KJV: Ye 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.

James 4:3

AMP: You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask with wrong motives [out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda], so that [when you get what you want] you may spend it on your [hedonistic] desires.

ASV: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.

BSB: And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

DARBY: Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.

DRA: You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

KJV: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

James 4:4

AMP: You adulteresses [disloyal sinners—flirting with the world and breaking your vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend [that is, loving the things of the world] is being God’s enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

ASV: Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

BSB: You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

DARBY: Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be [the] friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.

DRA: Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world, becometh an enemy of God.

KJV: Ye 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.

James 4:5

AMP: Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose that the [human] spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy? [Gen 6:5]

ASV: Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

BSB: Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

DARBY: Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

DRA: Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?

KJV: Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

James 4:6

AMP: But He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation]. Therefore, it says, “God is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble [who turn away from self-righteousness].” [Prov 3:34]

ASV: But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

BSB: But He gives us more grace. This is why it says:“God opposes the proud,but gives grace to the humble.”

DARBY: But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] lowly.

DRA: But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

KJV: But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

James 4:7

AMP: So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you.

ASV: Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

BSB: Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

DARBY: Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

DRA: Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

KJV: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:8

AMP: Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].

ASV: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

BSB: Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

DARBY: Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.

DRA: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

KJV: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

James 4:9

AMP: Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.

ASV: Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

BSB: Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

DARBY: Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

DRA: Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

KJV: Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

James 4:10

AMP: Humble yourselves [with an attitude of repentance and insignificance] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up, He will give you purpose].

ASV: Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

BSB: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

DARBY: Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.

DRA: Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

KJV: Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

James 4:11

AMP: Believers, do not speak against or slander one another. He who speaks [self-righteously] against a brother or judges his brother [hypocritically], speaks against the Law and judges the Law. If you judge the Law, you are not a doer of the Law but a judge of it.

ASV: Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

BSB: Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

DARBY: Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.

DRA: Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

KJV: Speak 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.

James 4:12

AMP: There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy [the one God who has the absolute power of life and death]; but who are you to [hypocritically or self-righteously] pass judgment on your neighbor?

ASV: One [only] is the lawgiver and judge, [even] he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

BSB: There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

DARBY: One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art *thou* who judgest thy neighbour?

DRA: There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.

KJV: There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

James 4:13

AMP: Come now [and pay attention to this], you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and carry on our business and make a profit.”

ASV: Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

BSB: Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

DARBY: Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

DRA: But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year, and will traffic, and make our gain.

KJV: Go 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:

James 4:14

AMP: Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

ASV: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

BSB: You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

DARBY: ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

DRA: Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

KJV: Whereas 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.

James 4:15

AMP: Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and we will do this or that.”

ASV: For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

BSB: Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

DARBY: instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.

DRA: For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while, and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will, and if we shall live, we will do this or that.

KJV: For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

James 4:16

AMP: But as it is, you boast [vainly] in your pretension and arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

ASV: But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

BSB: As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

DARBY: But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

DRA: But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.

KJV: But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

James 4:17

AMP: So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

ASV: To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

BSB: Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

DARBY: To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

DRA: To him therefore who knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.

KJV: Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

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