11 translations · Greek
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
James 1:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- KJV King James Version
- Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- All that's good, every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down from the Father who made heaven's lights. Unlike them he doesn't change—he doesn't vary or cause shadows.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| πᾶσα | pasa | Every | G3956 πᾶς all |
| δόσις | dosis | good | G1394 δόσις gift |
| ἀγαθὴ | agathē | — | G18 ἀγαθός good |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πᾶν | pan | — | G3956 πᾶς all |
| δώρημα | dōrēma | gift | G1434 δώρημα free gift |
| τέλειον | teleion | perfect | G5046 τέλειος perfect |
| ἄνωθέν | anōthen | from above | G509 ἄνωθεν from above/again |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| καταβαῖνον | katabainon | coming down | G2597 καταβαίνω to come/go down |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 ἀπό away from |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πατρὸς | Patros | Father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| τῶν | tōn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| φώτων | phōtōn | of the heavenly lights | G5457 φῶς light |
| παρ’ | par’ | with | G3844 παρά from/with/beside |
| ᾧ | hō | whom | G3739 ὅς which |
| οὐκ | ouk | no | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἔνι | eni | there is | G1762 ἔνι there is |
| παραλλαγὴ | parallagē | change | G3883 παραλλαγή variation |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 ἤ or |
| τροπῆς | tropēs | shifting | G5157 τροπή turning |
| ἀποσκίασμα | aposkiasma | shadow | G644 ἀποσκίασμα shadow |
Related verses
- John 3:27
John answered, “A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
- Matthew 7:11
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
- Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- John 8:12
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- Psalm 84:11
For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- 1 John 1:5
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
- Proverbs 2:6
For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
- James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- Ephesians 2:8
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
18 Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
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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