James 4:15 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJames 4:15 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἀντὶ
antí
G473
against
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
λέγειν
légō
G3004
to say
ὑμᾶς
hymeîs
G5210
you
ἐὰν
eán
G1437
if
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
κύριος
kýrios
G2962
Lord
θελήσῃ
thélō
G2309
to will
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ζήσομεν
záō
G2198
to live
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ποιήσομεν
poiéō
G4160
to make
τοῦτο
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἐκεῖνο
ekeînos
G1565
that one
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."
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King James Version Public Domain
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wishes, we will both live and do this or that.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).