Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
If any of you is forsaken of wisdom, let him ask of God, giving to all plainly, blaming not; and it shall be given him.
New American Standard Bible
But if any of you
King James Version
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Holman Bible
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.
International Standard Version
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.
A Conservative Version
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
American Standard Version
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Amplified
If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him.
An Understandable Version
But if any one of you lacks wisdom, he should pray to God, who gives to everyone generously and does not begrudge [the person who asks], and it will be given to him.
Anderson New Testament
Now, if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.
Bible in Basic English
But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
Common New Testament
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
Daniel Mace New Testament
If any of you is deficient in prudence, let him ask it of God, who liberally gives to all without upbraiding: and he will give it.
Darby Translation
But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
Godbey New Testament
But if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all cheerfully and upbraids none; and it will be given unto him.
Goodspeed New Testament
If any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to everyone, and does not reproach one with it afterward, and he will give it to him.
John Wesley New Testament
If any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.
King James 2000
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally, and reproaches not; and it shall be given him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
Modern King James verseion
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, which giveth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth; and it shall be given him.
Moffatt New Testament
Whoever of you is defective in wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all men without question or reproach, and the gift will be his.
Montgomery New Testament
If any one of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask it from the God who gives to all men freely and without upbraiding; and it will be given to him.
NET Bible
But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
New Heart English Bible
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 to him.
Noyes New Testament
But if any one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.
Sawyer New Testament
And if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and upbraids not, and it shall be given him.
The Emphasized Bible
But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But if any man of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not and it shall be given him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to every one without reproaches, and it will be given to him.
Webster
If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.
Weymouth New Testament
And if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives with open hand to all men, and without upbraiding; and it will be given him.
Williams New Testament
But if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God who generously gives to everyone and never reproaches one with its lack, and it will be given to him.
World English Bible
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 to him.
Worrell New Testament
But, if any of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask from God, Who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him;
Worsley New Testament
And if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
Themes
Abundance/bounty » The lord dealing bountifully
Faith » Faith encouraged, reasons for » Essential in prayer
Gifts » From God » Include wisdom
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Wisdom
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Wisdom
God's Promises » Of spiritual gifts » Of wisdom
Prayer » Seven earnest suppliants » Encouragements to
Prayer » Seven earnest suppliants » For wisdom
Universal » Blessing, possible » Wisdom - if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God
Interlinear
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and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Devotionals
Devotionals about James 1:5
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 1:5
Images James 1:5
Prayers for James 1:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Trials, Testing, And Faith
4 And let patience have a perfect work, that ye be perfect and entire, being left behind in nothing. 5 If any of you is forsaken of wisdom, let him ask of God, giving to all plainly, blaming not; and it shall be given him. 6 And let him ask in faith, being at variance in nothing. For he being at variance is like the surge of the sea being moved by the wind and put in motion.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 2:3-6
For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understanding
John 15:7
If ye remain in me, and my words remain in you, ye shall ask whatever ye wish, and it shall be to you.
1 Kings 3:7-12
And now, Jehovah my God, thou madest thy servant king instead of David my father and I a little boy, shall not know to go out and come in.
2 Chronicles 1:10
Now wilt thou give to me wisdom and knowledge, and I shall go out before this people, and come in: for who shall judge this thy great people?
Exodus 31:3
And I will fill him with the spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work.
Proverbs 3:5-7
Trust to Jehovah with all thy heart; and thou shalt not lean to thine understanding.
1 Chronicles 22:12
Surely Jehovah will give to thee wisdom and understanding, and he will command thee concerning Israeli and to watch the law of Jehovah thy God.
Job 28:12-28
And from whence shall wisdom be found? and where this place of understanding?
Exodus 31:6
And I, behold, I gave him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all the wise of heart I gave wisdom; and they shall make all which I commanded thee:
Exodus 36:1-4
And Bezaleel made, and Aholiab, and every man wise of heart, to whom Jehovah gave wisdom and unstanding in them to know to do all the work of service of the holy place according to all which Jehovah commanded.
Proverbs 9:4-6
Who the simple, he shall turn aside here: he wanting heart, she said to him,
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye Jehovah in his being found, and call him in his being near.
Jeremiah 1:6-7
And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, behold I knew not to speak: for I a boy.
Jeremiah 29:12-13
And ye called me, and went and prayed to me, and I heard to you.
Matthew 7:7-11
Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
John 4:10
And Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who he is saying to thee, Give me to drink: thou hadst asked him, and he had given thee living water.
John 14:13
And whatever ye ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father might be honoured by the Son.
1 John 3:22
And whatever we ask, we receive of him, for we keep his commands, and do things pleasing before him.
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the freedom of speech which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us:
Daniel 2:18-22
And for seeking companions from before the God of the heavens concerning this secret: that Daniel and his companions shall not be destroyed with the rest of the wise of Babel.
Matthew 11:20
Then began he to blame the cities in which were his greatest powers, because they repented not.
Luke 11:9-13
And I say ' to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Luke 15:20-22
And having risen, he came to his father. And yet being far off, his father saw him, and felt compassion, and having run, fell upon his neck, and kissed him.
John 16:23-24
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, That whatever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
2 Corinthians 2:16
Truly to those an odor of death into death; and to those an odor of life into life. And who sufficient for these things?
James 1:17
Every good donation and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom not one change, or shadow of turning.
James 3:17
And the wisdom from above is truly first pure, then peaceful, decorous, docile, full of mercy and good fruits, not separated, and unfeigned.
James 5:16
Acknowledge your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that ye might be healed. The prayer of the just, being energetic, is very powerful.
Mark 16:14
Afterwards to those reclining at table was he manifested, and he reproached their unbelief and hard heart, because they believed not them having seen him raised.