James
King James Version (KJV)
James 1:24
“For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.”
King James Version (KJV)
James 1:24 Context
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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Other Translations
For hee beholdeth himselfe, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what maner of man he was.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
for {once} he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.
- Basic English Bible
for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
- Darby Bible
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.
- Webster's Bible
Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.
- Weymouth Bible
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
- World English Bible
for he bihelde hym silf, and wente awei, and anoon he foryat which he was.
- Wycliffe Bible
for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
for {once} he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.
- Basic English Bible
for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
- Darby Bible
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.
- Webster's Bible
Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.
- Weymouth Bible
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
- World English Bible
for he bihelde hym silf, and wente awei, and anoon he foryat which he was.
- Wycliffe Bible
for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for James 1:24
1:24 He beheld himself, and went away - To other business. And forgot - But such forgetting does not excuse.