James 4:5

5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit cthat he has made to dwell in us”?

James 4:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?

James 4:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

James 4:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

5 Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.

James 4:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

James 4:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

5 Do you think the Scripture means nothing that says, “The Spirit that God made to live in us wants us for himself alone”?

James 4:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

5 Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

James 4:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

5 Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

James 4:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

5 Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, “The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own.”

James 4:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

5 Or do you think it’s without reason the Scripture says that the Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously?

James 4:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

5 Or do you suppose that it is for nothing that the scripture says, “God yearns jealously for the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?

James 4:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

5 Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, “The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously”?

James 4:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

5 Don’t you know what Scripture says? The spirit that God caused to live in us wants us to belong only to God. Don’t you think Scripture has a reason for saying that?

James 4:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

5 Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?

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