Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Holman Bible
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!
International Standard Version
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
A Conservative Version
Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded.
American Standard Version
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
Amplified
Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].
An Understandable Version
Come close to God and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinful people [i.e., this is an exhortation to repent of moral and spiritual corruption], and purify your hearts, you double-minded people.
Anderson New Testament
draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded men.
Bible in Basic English
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
Common New Testament
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Daniel Mace New Testament
address your selves to God, and you will find him present with you: cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, you that are diffident.
Darby Translation
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Godbey New Testament
draw nigh unto God, and he draws nigh unto you. Purify your hands, ye sinners; and cleanse your hearts, ye double-minded.
Goodspeed New Testament
Approach God, and he will approach you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Make your hearts pure, you doubters!
John Wesley New Testament
Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you: cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Julia Smith Translation
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinful; and purify the hearts, ye double souled.
King James 2000
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded!
Modern King James verseion
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, double-minded ones.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purge your hearts ye wavering minded.
Moffatt New Testament
draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Montgomery New Testament
Draw near to God And he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, And purify your hearts, you double-minded.
NET Bible
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
New Heart English Bible
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Noyes New Testament
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
Sawyer New Testament
draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, purify your hearts, double-minded.
The Emphasized Bible
Draw near unto God, and he will draw near unto you. Cleanse hands, sinners! Chasten hearts, double souls!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Make clean your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillating men!
Webster
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Weymouth New Testament
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God.
Williams New Testament
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Get your hands clean, you sinners. Get your hearts purified, you double-minded.
World English Bible
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Worrell New Testament
Draw nigh to God, and He wild draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Worsley New Testament
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you: cleanse your hands, O sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Youngs Literal Translation
draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
Themes
Access to God » Promises connected with
Access to God » The wicked commanded to seek
Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual encouraged
Closeness » Who the lord is near to
Closeness » The reward for drawing near to God
Draw near to God » In prayer and fellowship
God » Christ as » Draw near to, in prayer and fellowship
The Heart » Should be » Purified
Nearness to God » In prayer and fellowship
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 4:8
Prayers for James 4:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Subject Yourselves To God
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 15:2
and he went out
Malachi 3:7
“From the
Zechariah 1:3
Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “
Psalm 145:18
To all who call upon Him
Isaiah 55:6-7
1 Peter 1:22
Since you have
James 1:8
being a
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this
Genesis 18:23
Abraham came near and said, “
1 Chronicles 28:9
“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and
Job 17:9
And
Psalm 18:20
According to the
Psalm 24:4
Who has not
And has not
Psalm 26:6
And I will go about
Psalm 51:6-7
And in the hidden part You will
Psalm 51:10
And renew
Psalm 73:13
And
Psalm 73:28
I have made the Lord
That I may
Isaiah 1:15-16
Yes, even though you
I will not listen.
Isaiah 13:15
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
Isaiah 29:13
Then the Lord said,
“Because
And honor Me with their
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their
Jeremiah 4:11
In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A
Jeremiah 4:14
That you may be saved.
How long will your
Lodge within you?
Ezekiel 18:31
Ezekiel 36:25-27
Then I will
Hosea 6:1-2
For
He has
Matthew 12:33
Matthew 15:2
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they
Matthew 23:25-26
Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that
Luke 11:39-40
But
Acts 15:9
and
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, having these promises,
1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore
Hebrews 7:19
(for
Hebrews 10:22
let us
1 Peter 3:21
Job 9:30
And cleanse
Job 16:17
And