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James Chapter 1 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV James 1:20

for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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BBE James 1:20

For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
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DARBY James 1:20

for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.
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KJV James 1:20

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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WBT James 1:20

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WEB James 1:20

for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
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YLT James 1:20

for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20 gives the reason why men should be slow to wrath. Because man's wrath does not work God's righteousness δικαιοσύνην Θεοῦ), the righteousness which God demands and requires.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.--Sarcastically rings the context. Perhaps there is still a sharper point to the satire: the wrath of man does not work God's righteousness "to the full." The warning may well be sounded in the ears of Christians still, who are not less apt than Jonah of old to say quickly and in self-excuse, "I do well to be angry" (Jonah 4:9). How many a holy work of household and parish has been and is thus hindered and destroyed; and if the golden words of the first bishop of the Church had been heeded better, there never had appeared one page of her long history blotted with the blood of a religious war.