The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 Iacobus Dei et Domini nostri Iesu Christi servus duodecim tribubus quae sunt in dispersione salutem
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James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.
2 omne gaudium existimate fratres mei cum in temptationibus variis incideritis
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My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
3 scientes quod probatio fidei vestrae patientiam operatur
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knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
4 patientia autem opus perfectum habeat ut sitis perfecti et integri in nullo deficientes
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But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
5 si quis autem vestrum indiget sapientiam postulet a Deo qui dat omnibus affluenter et non inproperat et dabitur ei
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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 postulet autem in fide nihil haesitans qui enim haesitat similis est fluctui maris qui a vento movetur et circumfertur
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But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
7 non ergo aestimet homo ille quod accipiat aliquid a Domino
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For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 vir duplex animo inconstans in omnibus viis suis
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he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 glorietur autem frater humilis in exaltatione sua
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Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,
10 dives autem in humilitate sua quoniam sicut flos faeni transibit
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but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.
11 exortus est enim sol cum ardore et arefecit faenum et flos eius decidit et decor vultus eius deperiit ita et dives in itineribus suis marcescet
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For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
12 beatus vir qui suffert temptationem quia cum probatus fuerit accipiet coronam vitae quam repromisit Deus diligentibus se
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Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
13 nemo cum temptatur dicat quoniam a Deo temptor Deus enim intemptator malorum est ipse autem neminem temptat
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Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
14 unusquisque vero temptatur a concupiscentia sua abstractus et inlectus
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But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
15 dein concupiscentia cum conceperit parit peccatum peccatum vero cum consummatum fuerit generat mortem
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Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
16 nolite itaque errare fratres mei dilectissimi
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Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
17 omne datum optimum et omne donum perfectum desursum est descendens a Patre luminum apud quem non est transmutatio nec vicissitudinis obumbratio
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
18 voluntarie genuit nos verbo veritatis ut simus initium aliquod creaturae eius
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Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
19 scitis fratres mei dilecti sit autem omnis homo velox ad audiendum tardus autem ad loquendum et tardus ad iram
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So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
20 ira enim viri iustitiam Dei non operatur
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for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
21 propter quod abicientes omnem inmunditiam et abundantiam malitiae in mansuetudine suscipite insitum verbum quod potest salvare animas vestras
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Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 estote autem factores verbi et non auditores tantum fallentes vosmet ipsos
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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 quia si quis auditor est verbi et non factor hic conparabitur viro consideranti vultum nativitatis suae in speculo
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For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
24 consideravit enim se et abiit et statim oblitus est qualis fuerit
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for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 qui autem perspexerit in lege perfecta libertatis et permanserit non auditor obliviosus factus sed factor operis hic beatus in facto suo erit
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But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
26 si quis autem putat se religiosum esse non refrenans linguam suam sed seducens cor suum huius vana est religio
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If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless.
27 religio munda et inmaculata apud Deum et Patrem haec est visitare pupillos et viduas in tribulatione eorum inmaculatum se custodire ab hoc saeculo
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Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
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