James 4:16 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁶ But now you boast in your arrogance. 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.

James 4:16 Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch?

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

1 John 2:16

Because everything that is in the world-the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-is not from the Father but is from the world.

Revelation 18:7

In as many things as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give to her torment and sorrow; because she says in her heart, 'I sit as queen, and am not a widow, and I shall by no means see sorrow.'