20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.


In Context

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

18 Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

James 1:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:20for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:20For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:20for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:20for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20For the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.