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


In Context

14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

15 Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."

16 As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil.

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

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.