James 1:17 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Every good gift, every perfect gift, comes from above. These gifts come down from the Father, the creator of the heavenly lights, in whose character there is no change at all.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 1:17 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 41:16

Joseph answered: Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer.

1 Chronicles 22:12

The Lord also give thee wisdom and understanding, that thou mayest be able to rule Israel, and to keep the law of the Lord thy God.

1 Chronicles 29:19

And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, that he may keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy ceremonies, and do all things: and build the house, for which I have provided the charges.

Psalm 136:7

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

Psalm 84:11

Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.

Psalm 85:12

I will praise thee, O Lord my God: with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

Proverbs 2:6

Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.

Isaiah 28:26

For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create evil. I, the Lord, that do all these things.

Isaiah 46:10

Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done.

Isaiah 60:19

Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory.

Malachi 3:6

For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Numbers 11:17

That I may come down and speak with thee. And I will take of thy spirit, and will give to them, that they may bear with thee the burden of the people: and thou mayest not be burthened alone.

Numbers 11:25

And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, taking away of the spirit that was in Moses, and giving to the seventy men. And when the spirit had rested on them they prophesied, nor did they cease afterwards.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie: nor as the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? Hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

Matthew 7:11

If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

Luke 11:13

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?

John 1:9

That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world.

John 3:27

John answered, and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, and said to him: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 8:12

Again therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Acts 11:18

Having heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance unto life.

Acts 5:31

Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be Prince and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who distinguisheth thee? Or what hast thou that thou hast not received? And if thou hast received, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:18

The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;

Deuteronomy 4:19

Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.

Philippians 1:29

For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.

1 Timothy 6:16

Who only hath immortality, and inhabiteth light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to day; and the same for ever.

James 1:5

But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

James 3:15

For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish.

James 3:17

But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.

1 John 1:5

And this is the declaration which we have heard from him, and declare unto you: That God is light, and in him there is no darkness.

1 John 4:10

In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

Revelation 21:23

And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

Revelation 22:5

And night shall be no more: and they shall not need the light of the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten them, and they shall reign for ever and ever.

1 Samuel 15:29

But the triumpher in Israel will ot spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a man that he should repent.