Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Ya`akov, a servant of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
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James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
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All joy count [it], my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;
3 Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
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knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,
4 Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire -- in nothing lacking;
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given him.
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and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
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and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,
7 For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
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for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord --
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
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a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
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And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
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and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
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for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!
12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
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Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
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Let no one say, being tempted -- `From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,
14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
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and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
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afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.
16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers.
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Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
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every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
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having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
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So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
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for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
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and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror;
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because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
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for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;
25 But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
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and he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing.
26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious, while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.
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If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain [is] the religion;
27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.
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