Hearing and Doing
23For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,24and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
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Berean Standard Bible
and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
American Standard Version (1901)
for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Bible in Basic English
For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.
Douay-Rheims 1899
For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.
Free Bible Version
You see yourself, but then you leave, and immediately forget what you looked like.
Geneva Bible 1599
For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was.
King James (Authorized) Version
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Translation for Translators
Although he looks at himself, he goes away from the mirror and immediately forgets what he looks like.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He examines himself and then goes away and immediately forgets what he was like.
Noah Webster Bible
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.
World English Bible
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
Young's Literal Translation
for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;