[To the Chief Musician, a maschil. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why boast you yourself in evil, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.
James 4:16 - King James 2000 But now you rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong. American Standard Version (1901) But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. Common English Bible But now you boast and brag, and all such boasting is evil. Catholic Public Domain Version But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked. |
[To the Chief Musician, a maschil. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why boast you yourself in evil, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Whosoever boasts about himself of a gift not given is like clouds and wind without rain.
Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
For you have trusted in your wickedness: you have said, None sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not, and lie not against the truth.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
So much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.