James 4:17

Do Not Boast about Tomorrow

16As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.17Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

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Berean Standard Bible
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
American Standard Version (1901)
To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Bible in Basic English
The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Douay-Rheims 1899
To him therefore who knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.
Free Bible Version
For it is a sin if you know to do what's right but don't do it.
Geneva Bible 1599
Therefore, to him that knoweth how to doe well, and doeth it not, to him it is sinne.
King James (Authorized) Version
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Plain English Version
You see, if you know the right thing to do, but you don’t do it, it is just the same for you as if you did something wrong.
Translation for Translators
So if anyone knows the right thing that he should do, but he does not do it, he is sinning.
Unlocked Literal Bible
So for anyone who knows to do good but does not do it, for him it is sin.
Noah Webster Bible
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
World English Bible
To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.
Young's Literal Translation
to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.