Why do you boast, O mighty one, of mischief done against the godly? All day long
James 4:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 As it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong. American Standard Version (1901) But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. Common English Bible But now you boast and brag, and all such boasting is evil. Catholic Public Domain Version But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked. |
Why do you boast, O mighty one, of mischief done against the godly? All day long
“See the one who would not take refuge in God but trusted in abundant riches and sought refuge in wealth!”
Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts of a gift never given.
You felt secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.”
Your boasting is not a good thing. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all of the dough?
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth.
for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so give her a like measure of torment and grief. Since in her heart she says, ‘I rule as a queen; I am no widow, and I will never see grief,’