15this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,


In Context

12 is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water is able to make.

13 Who is wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

14 and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

15 this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

16 for where zeal and rivalry are, there is insurrection and every evil matter;

17 and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: —

James 3:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:15Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:15For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:15This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:15This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, demoniacal.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.