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James 4:17 - Compare All Versions

James 4:17 NIV (New International Version)

If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

James 4:17 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

James 4:17 NLT (New Living Translation)

Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

James 4:17 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

So it is sin to know the good and yet not do it.

James 4:17 KJV (King James Version)

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 4:17 NKJV (New King James Version)

Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

James 4:16-17 MSG (The Message)

As it is, you are full of your grandiose selves. All such vaunting self-importance is evil. In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don’t do it, that, for you, is evil.

James 4:17 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.

James 4:17 AMP (Amplified Bible)

So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

James 4:17 NET (New English Translation)

So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.