6But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.


In Context

3 Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume it in your pleasures.

4 Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be the friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.

5 Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

6 But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

7 Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

James 4:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:6But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture'saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:6But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, |God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, 'God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:6But he gives more grace. Why he said, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.