5But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:


In Context

2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

3 knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

4 But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:

6 but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;

7 for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;

James 1:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5But 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, and upbraides not; and it shall be given him.