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?'


In Context

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

4 Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

5 Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'

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

7 be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

8 draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

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 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.