James 3:16

“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of James 3:16

For where enuying and strife is, there is confusion, and euery euill worke.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original James chapter 3

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
- Basic English Bible

For where emulation and strife [are], there [is] disorder and every evil thing.
- Darby Bible

For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy, and every evil work.
- Douay Rheims Bible

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
- Webster's Bible

For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
- Weymouth Bible

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
- World English Bible

For where is enuye and strijf, there is vnstidfastnesse and al schrewid werk.
- Wycliffe Bible

for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;
- Youngs Literal Bible

Jontommybob's comment on 2020-07-06 05:28:44:

Watching the news this morning, which has been consistently bad lately, I had the thought that smart, ambitious, selfish people, cause most of the troubles of The world. I did a google search on this and found That James 3:16 says very much the same thing, which I remembered reading, though I had forgotten it, but perhaps not.

It is discomforting to discover that the source of all our trouble is us. It is just the way of human nature to lean toward evil. There is no cure for that.

Rae's comment on 2013-08-13 02:23:28:

I am surprised that so few ministers ever speak about the evilness of envy, emulation and rivalry in churches. It is one of the worst sins yet the least talked about. It pervades in christian circles, hence the need to address. It is very destructive and insidious.

gwen's comment on 2012-10-12 18:45:50:

I believe the whole Bible because it's the truth. Where there is envying and strife there is a whole lot of confusion.

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