Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
And righteousness, its fruit, is sown in peace by those who work for peace.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Holman Bible
And the fruit of righteousness
International Standard Version
And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.
A Conservative Version
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.
American Standard Version
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
Amplified
And the seed whose fruit is righteousness (spiritual maturity) is sown in peace by those who make peace [by actively encouraging goodwill between individuals].
An Understandable Version
[People who are] peacemakers sow [seeds of] peace and it produces a crop of righteousness [in the lives of others].
Anderson New Testament
And those who cultivate peace, sow for themselves a harvest of righteousness in peace.
Bible in Basic English
And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
Common New Testament
And the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Daniel Mace New Testament
they who cultivate peace, enjoy the reward of their virtue.
Darby Translation
But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace.
Godbey New Testament
But the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who are making peace.
Goodspeed New Testament
The harvest uprightness yields must be sown in peace, by peacemakers.
John Wesley New Testament
without partiality and without dissimulation, And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
Julia Smith Translation
And the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those making peace.
King James 2000
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace among those who make peace.
Modern King James verseion
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of them that maintain peace.
Moffatt New Testament
and the peacemakers who sow in peace reap righteousness.
Montgomery New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is being sown in peace by those who are working peace.
NET Bible
And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
New Heart English Bible
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Noyes New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Sawyer New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.
The Emphasized Bible
And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for those who are peacemakers.
Webster
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.
Weymouth New Testament
And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
Williams New Testament
The harvest of uprightness is grown from the seed of peace by those who are peacemakers.
World English Bible
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Worrell New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those making peace.
Worsley New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those that promote peace.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 3:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Wisdom That Comes Down From Above
17 But the wisdom from above is, before every thing else, pure; then peace-loving, gentle, open to conviction, rich in compassion and good deeds, and free from partiality and insincerity. 18 And righteousness, its fruit, is sown in peace by those who work for peace.
Cross References
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God.
Philippians 1:11
Bearing a rich harvest of that righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
John 4:36
Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for Immortal Life, so that sower and reaper rejoice together.
Galatians 6:8
For he who sows the field of his earthly nature will from that earthly nature reap corruption; while he who sows the field of the spirit will from that spirit reap Immortal Life.
Hebrews 12:11
No discipline is pleasant at the time; on the contrary, it is painful. But afterwards its fruit is seen in the peacefulness of a righteous life which is the lot of those who have been trained under it.
James 1:20
For the anger of man does not forward the righteous purpose of God.