The Wisdom from Above
James 3:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.Literally But the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those making peace.
- KJV
- And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
- WEB
- Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
- ASV
- And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
- LSV
- and the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
- YLT
- and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
- DBY
- But [the] fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace.
- DRC
- And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace.
- GNV
- And the fruite of righteousnesse is sowen in peace, of them that make peace.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τῆς (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont add τῆς.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καρπὸς δὲ δικαιοσύνης ἐν εἰρήνῃ σπείρεται τοῖς ποιοῦσιν εἰρήνην.
- RP2018
- Καρπὸς δὲ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἐν εἰρήνῃ σπείρεται τοῖς ποιοῦσιν εἰρήνην.
- TR-Boyd
- Καρπὸς δὲ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἐν εἰρήνῃ σπείρεται τοῖς ποιοῦσιν εἰρήνην.
- SCR1894
- καρπος δε της δικαιοσυνης εν ειρηνη σπειρεται τοις ποιουσιν ειρηνην
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
- Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- Philippians 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- Isaiah 32:16–17Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field. The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
- Galatians 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
- John 4:36Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
- Hebrews 12:11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
- James 1:20for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
- Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
- Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).