Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;
New American Standard Bible
for
King James Version
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Holman Bible
for man’s anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.
International Standard Version
For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
A Conservative Version
For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
American Standard Version
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Amplified
for the [resentful, deep-seated] anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God [that standard of behavior which He requires from us].
An Understandable Version
For the anger of people does not produce what God considers to be right.
Anderson New Testament
For the wrath of man produces not the righteousness of God.
Bible in Basic English
For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
Common New Testament
for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for he that is not dispassionate is a stranger to the practice of true virtue.
Darby Translation
for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.
Godbey New Testament
for the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
for men's anger does not produce the uprightness God wishes.
John Wesley New Testament
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Julia Smith Translation
For man s anger works not the justice of God.
King James 2000
For the anger of man works not the righteousness of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
Modern King James verseion
For the wrath of man does not work out the righteousness of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous before God.
Montgomery New Testament
for a man's anger does not further the righteous purpose of God.
NET Bible
For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.
New Heart English Bible
for the anger of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
Noyes New Testament
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Sawyer New Testament
for man's anger performs not God's righteousness.
The Emphasized Bible
For, man's anger, worketh not, God's righteousness.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For the anger of man does not forward the righteous purpose of God.
Webster
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Weymouth New Testament
For a man's anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous.
Williams New Testament
for a man's anger does not produce the uprightness that God requires.
World English Bible
for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
Worrell New Testament
for man's wrath works not God's righteousness.
Worsley New Testament
for the wrath of man doth not practise the righteousness of God.
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Word Count of 36 Translations in James 1:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Doers Of The Message, Not Just Hearers
19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, 20 for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work; 21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;
Cross References
Numbers 20:11-12
and Moses lifteth up his hand, and smiteth the rock with his rod twice; and much water cometh out, and the company drink, also their beasts.
Ephesians 4:26
be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
2 Timothy 2:24-25
and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,
James 3:17-18
and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --