James 4:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ But, as it is, you people are boasting in your arrogance [and] all such boasting is evil.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But now you boast and brag, and all such boasting is evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.

James 4:16 Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little yeast can leaven the whole batch of dough?

James 3:14

But if you people have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not be arrogant [over it] and deny the truth.

1 John 2:16

For all that makes up the world, namely, the improper desires of the physical body, the improper desires for what is seen, and the [boastful] pride over life’s possessions; these are not from the Father, but from the [godless] world.

Revelation 18:7

Cause her as much torment and sorrow as she gave herself honor and luxurious living. For she is saying to herself, ‘I sit as a queen; I am not a widow and I will never suffer grief.’