24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.


In Context

21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror

24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does.

26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

James 1:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:24For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:24for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:24for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:24for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:24for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:24for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:24For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and straightway forgets what manner of man he was.