The word which thou spakest to us in the name of Jehovah, we hear not to thee
James 1:23 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man observing the face of his creation in a mirror: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror; American Standard Version (1901) For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: Common English Bible Those who hear but don’t do the word are like those who look at their faces in a mirror. Catholic Public Domain Version For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass. |
The word which thou spakest to us in the name of Jehovah, we hear not to thee
Every one coming to me, and hearing my words, and doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
And the scribes and Pharisees observed him narrowly, if he will heal in the sabbath: that they might find accusation against him.
For now we see by a mirror in an enigma; then face to face: now I know by parts; and then shall I know as I was known.
For he observed himself, and went away, and straightway forgot of what kind he was.