James
King James Version (KJV)
James 3:14
“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”
King James Version (KJV)
James 3:14 Context
11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. 13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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Other Translations
But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts glory not, and lie not against the trueth.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and {so} lie against the truth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
- Basic English Bible
but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
- Darby Bible
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- Webster's Bible
But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
- Weymouth Bible
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
- World English Bible
That if ye han bitter enuye, and stryuyngis ben in youre hertis, nyle ye haue glorye, and be lyeris ayens the treuthe.
- Wycliffe Bible
and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and {so} lie against the truth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
- Basic English Bible
but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
- Darby Bible
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- Webster's Bible
But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
- Weymouth Bible
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
- World English Bible
That if ye han bitter enuye, and stryuyngis ben in youre hertis, nyle ye haue glorye, and be lyeris ayens the treuthe.
- Wycliffe Bible
and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for James 3:14
3:14 If ye have bitter zeal - True Christian zeal is only the flame of love. Even in your hearts - Though it went no farther. Do not lie against the truth - As if such zeal could consist with heavenly wisdom.
People's Bible Notes for James 3:14
Jas 3:14 Glory not. If there is bitterness in the heart, let there be no boasting of your goodness. That would be to lie "against the truth".