A Warning against Pride
James 4:5
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?Or the spirit
- KJV
- Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
- WEB
- Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
- ASV
- Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
- LSV
- Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”
- YLT
- Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'
- DBY
- Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
- DRC
- Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?
- GNV
- Doe ye thinke that the Scripture sayeth in vaine, The spirit that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read κατῴκισεν (“he settled”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read κατῴκησεν (“he dwelt”).
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- SBLGNT: κατῴκισεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κατῴκισεν; Robinson–Pierpont read κατῴκησεν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει· Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ κατῴκισεν ἐν ἡμῖν;
- RP2018
- Ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ κατῴκησεν ἐν ἡμῖν.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει, Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ κατῴκησεν ἐν ἡμῖν;
- SCR1894
- η δοκειτε οτι κενως η γραφη λεγει προς φθονον επιποθει το πνευμα ο κατωκησεν εν ημιν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- 1 Corinthians 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
- Numbers 11:29But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
- Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all…
- Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
- Genesis 26:14He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
- Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- John 10:35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
- Proverbs 21:10The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
- Genesis 4:5–6but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
- Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
- Galatians 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
- Ecclesiastes 4:4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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