11 translations · Greek
James 1:26
If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
James 1:26 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
- KJV King James Version
- If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
- ASV American Standard Version
- If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- If anyone thinks to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one [is] vain;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- If you think you're religious, but don't control what you say, you deceive yourself—your religion is pointless.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain [is] the religion;
- DBY Darby Translation
- If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Εἴ | Ei | If | G1487 εἰ if |
| τις | tis | anyone | G5100 τις one |
| δοκεῖ | dokei | considers himself | G1380 δοκέω to think |
| θρησκὸς | thrēskos | religious | G2357 θρησκός religious |
| εἶναι | einai | — | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| μὴ | mē | — | G3361 μή not |
| χαλιναγωγῶν | chalinagōgōn | [and yet] does not bridle | G5468 χαλιναγωγέω to bridle |
| γλῶσσαν | glōssan | tongue | G1100 γλῶσσα tongue |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | his | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | — | G235 ἀλλά but |
| ἀπατῶν | apatōn | he deceives | G538 ἀπατάω to trick |
| καρδίαν | kardian | heart | G2588 καρδία heart |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | his | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τούτου | toutou | [and his] | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| μάταιος | mataios | [is] worthless | G3152 μάταιος futile |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θρησκεία | thrēskeia | religion | G2356 θρησκεία religion |
Related verses
- Psalm 141:3
Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
- Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- 1 Peter 3:10
For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
- Ephesians 5:4
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
- Psalm 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
- Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
- Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
- Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
- Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
- James 1:22
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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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