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James 4:16

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

KJV

νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονίαις ὑμῶν· πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.

Greek NT

Nunc autem exsultatis in superbiis vestris. Omnis exsultatio talis, maligna est.

Vulgate

But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

ASV

But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καυχάομαι
kauchaomai
verb · 37×
καύχησις
kauchesis
noun · 11×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
πονηρός
poneros
adjective · 77×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τοιοῦτος
toioutos
demonstrative · 57×
ἀλαζονεία
alazoneia
noun · 2×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:7 — For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
  • 1Cor 5:6 — Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
  • 1Cor 5:6 — Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
  • 2Tim 3:2 — For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
  • Amos 6:13 — Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
  • Gal 5:26 — Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
  • Hos 9:1 — Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
  • Isa 47:10 — For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
  • Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
  • Prov 25:14 — Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
  • Prov 27:1 — Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
  • Ps 52:1 — Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
  • Ps 52:7 — Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Rev 18:7 — How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
  • Rom 1:30 — Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
  • Rom 2:23 — Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?