And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
James 3:16 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy, and every evil work. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices. American Standard Version (1901) For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. Common English Bible Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and everything that is evil. Catholic Public Domain Version For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work. English Standard Version 2016 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. |
And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother's wife, spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name.
And the whole city was filled with confusion; and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
But to them that are contentious, and who obey not the truth, but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation.
For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also I teach in all the churches of the saints.
For, whereas there is among you envying and contention, are you not carnal, and walk according to man?
For I fear lest perhaps when I come I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found by you such as you would not. Lest perhaps contentions, envyings, animosities, dissensions, detractions, whisperings, swellings, seditions, be among you.
Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects,
But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contentions in your hearts; glory not, and be not liars against the truth.
Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother's just.