James Chapter 3 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV James 3:16

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
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BBE James 3:16

For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
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DARBY James 3:16

For where emulation and strife [are], there [is] disorder and every evil thing.
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KJV James 3:16

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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WBT James 3:16


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WEB James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
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YLT James 3:16

for where zeal and rivalry `are', there is insurrection and every evil matter;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16 substantiates the assertion just made in ver. 15. Render, as in ver. 14, jealousy and faction. Ἀκαταστασία: confusion, of which God is not the author (1 Corinthians 14:33).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) For where envying and strife is, there is confusion.--Where emulation, zeal, and rivalry exist, there also are sedition, anarchy, restless disturbance, and every villainous act. The whole state is evil, and utterly contrary to the rule of the Gospel--"For words and names let angry zealots fight:Whose life is in the wrong can ne'er be right."