17Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.


In Context

14 Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

15 For that you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

16 But now you rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

James 4:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:17To him therefore who knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.