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James 1:20

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

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James 1:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

James 1:20 — English Standard Version (ESV)

20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

James 1:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.

James 1:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

James 1:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 because anger will not help you live the right kind of life God wants.

James 1:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

James 1:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 for man’s wrath does not work God’s righteousness.

James 1:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 An angry person doesn’t do what God approves of.

James 1:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 for man’s anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.

James 1:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness.

James 1:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

James 1:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 A man’s anger doesn’t produce the kind of life God wants.

James 1:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.


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