James 1:20 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁰ For the anger of people does not produce what God considers to be right.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ For man's anger does not promote the righteousness God [wishes and requires].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Common English Bible

²⁰ This is because an angry person doesn’t produce God’s righteousness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ For the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.

James 1:20 Cross References

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that every person who is angry toward his brother will be subject to judgment; and whoever calls his brother ‘stupid idiot’ is subject to [being sentenced by] the [Jewish] Council, and whoever says, ‘go to hell’ is subject to going to the fire of hell [himself].

Ephesians 4:26

[Psa. 4:4 says], “Be angry [i.e., at wrongdoing. See Mark 3:5], but do not sin [i.e., by harboring bitterness or retaliation].” Do not allow the sun to go down while you are still provoked.