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James 3:14
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
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But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't brag and lie in defiance of the truth.
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English Standard Version
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But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
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King James Version
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But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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The Message Bible
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Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom.
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New American Standard Bible
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But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.
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New International Version
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But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
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New King James Version
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But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
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New Living Translation
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But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying.
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New Revised Standard
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But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth.
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American Standard Version
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But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
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The Bible in Basic English
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But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
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Common English Bible
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However, if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, then stop bragging and living in ways that deny the truth.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
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However, if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, then stop bragging and living in ways that deny the truth.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
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But if you harbor in your hearts bitter jealousy and selfish ambition, don't boast and attack the truth with lies!
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The Darby Translation
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but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
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Good News Translation
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But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
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But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
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But if you are bitterly jealous and filled with self-centered ambition, don't brag. Don't say that you are wise when it isn't true.
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Hebrew Names Version
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But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
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But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and do not be liars against the truth.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
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But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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Lexham English Bible
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But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
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New Century Version
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But if you are selfish and have bitter jealousy in your hearts, do not brag. Your bragging is a lie that hides the truth.
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New International Reader's Version
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But suppose your hearts are jealous and bitter. Suppose you are concerned only about getting ahead. Don't brag about it. Don't say no to the truth.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
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But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
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But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contention in your hearts: glory not and be not liars against the truth.
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Revised Standard Version
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But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
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But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
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SBL Greek New Testament
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εἰ δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ ἐριθείαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε καὶ ψεύδεσθε κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας.
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Third Millennium Bible
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But if ye have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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But if ye have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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Tyndale
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But Yf ye have bitter envyinge and stryfe in youre hertes reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth.
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The Latin Vulgate
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quod si zelum amarum habetis et contentiones in cordibus vestris nolite gloriari et mendaces esse adversus veritatem
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
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quod si zelum amarum habetis et contentiones in cordibus vestris nolite gloriari et mendaces esse adversus veritatem
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The Webster Bible
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But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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World English Bible
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But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
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Weymouth New Testament
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But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
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Wycliffe
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That if ye have bitter envy, and strivings be in your hearts, do not ye have glory [That if ye have bitter zeal, or envy, and strives be in your hearts, do not ye glory], and be liars against the truth.
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Young's Literal Translation
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and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;
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