11 translations · Greek
James 1:14
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
James 1:14 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
- KJV King James Version
- But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
- ASV American Standard Version
- but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- but each one is tempted, being led away and enticed by his own desires;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Temptations come from our own evil desires that lead us astray and entrap us.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἕκαστος | hekastos | each one | G1538 ἕκαστος each |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 δέ then |
| πειράζεται | peirazetai | is tempted | G3985 πειράζω to test/tempt: tempt |
| ὑπὸ | hypo | [when] by | G5259 ὑπό by/under: by |
| τῆς | tēs | [his] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἰδίας | idias | own | G2398 ἴδιος one's own/private |
| ἐπιθυμίας | epithymias | evil desires | G1939 ἐπιθυμία desire |
| ἐξελκόμενος | exelkomenos | he is lured away | G1828 ἐξέλκω to drag out/away |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| δελεαζόμενος | deleazomenos | enticed | G1185 δελεάζω to entice |
Related verses
- Mark 7:21–22
For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
- Ephesians 4:22
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
- Matthew 15:18
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
- Hebrews 3:13
but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
- Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
- Romans 7:13
Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.
- Matthew 5:28
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- James 4:1–2
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.
- Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
- Genesis 6:5
Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Read all of James 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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