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THE MESSAGE
James 4:16
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But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
But now yee reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
But now you are proud and you brag. All of this bragging is wrong.
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
Yet you are stupid enough to brag, and it is wrong to be so proud.
But as it is, in your arrogance you boast. All such boasting is evil.
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
But now you are proud and boast about yourself. All such boasting is wrong.
But nowe ye reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.
But now they are proud in their boasting: all such pride is evil.
But now you are proud, and you boast; all such boasting is wrong.
But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
but now you boast in your presumptions. All such boasting is evil.
But as it is, you boast [vainly] in your pretension and arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.
But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
But you boast about your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.1 Corinthians 5:6;">[xr]
They glory in their pride. All glorying such as this is from the Evil.
They glory in their vaunting. All such glorying is evil.
But now ye reioyce in your boastinges: All such reioycyng is euyll.
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
But now ye glory in your boastings: all such glorying is evil.
But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil.
And now ye maken ful out ioye in youre pridis; euery siche ioye is wickyd.
But now you glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
But as it is, you boast about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.
But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.
But instead you are proud. You talk loud and big about yourselves. All such pride is sin.
As it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
Whereas, now, are ye boasting in your pretensions: - All boasting like this, is, wicked,
But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
But nowe ye reioyce in youre bostinges. All soche reioysynge is evyll.
and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
But nowe ye reioyce in youre bostinges. All soche reioysynge is euell.
you triumph in your vain projects, but your presumption is vicious.
But no, you've got everything figured out and you're expecting God just to go along with whatever you want to do. There ain't nothin' right about doing things that way.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
James 3:14, Psalms 52:1, Psalms 52:7, Proverbs 25:14, Proverbs 27:1, Isaiah 47:7, Isaiah 47:8, Isaiah 47:10, 1 Corinthians 4:7, 1 Corinthians 4:8, 1 Corinthians 5:6, Revelation 18:7
Reciprocal: Judges 9:19 - rejoice 1 Samuel 11:15 - rejoiced greatly Job 20:5 - the joy Psalms 10:3 - boasteth Jeremiah 11:15 - thou doest evil Hosea 9:1 - Rejoice Amos 6:13 - which Acts 8:39 - and he Romans 1:30 - boasters Romans 2:23 - that makest Galatians 5:26 - desirous Philippians 3:19 - whose glory 2 Timothy 3:2 - boasters
Cross-References
When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.
All the people, experiencing the thunder and lightning, the trumpet blast and the smoking mountain, were afraid—they pulled back and stood at a distance. They said to Moses, "You speak to us and we'll listen, but don't have God speak to us or we'll die."
The source of all this doom to Jerusalem and Judah was God 's anger— God turned his back on them as an act of judgment. And then Zedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon.
God replied, "We'll see. Go ahead—do what you want with all that is his. Just don't hurt him." Then Satan left the presence of God .
Satan left God and struck Job with terrible sores. Job was ulcers and scabs from head to foot. They itched and oozed so badly that he took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself, then went and sat on a trash heap, among the ashes.
But you'll welcome us with open arms when we run for cover to you. Let the party last all night! Stand guard over our celebration. You are famous, God , for welcoming God-seekers, for decking us out in delight.
"Are you paying attention? You'd better, because I'm about to take you in hand and throw you to the ground, you and this entire city that I gave to your ancestors. I've had it with the lot of you. You're never going to live this down. You're going down in history as a disgrace."
The source of all this doom to Jerusalem and Judah was God 's anger. God turned his back on them as an act of judgment. Zedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar set out for Jerusalem with a full army. He set up camp and sealed off the city by building siege mounds around it. He arrived on the ninth year and tenth month of Zedekiah's reign. The city was under siege for nineteen months (until the eleventh year of Zedekiah).
"You'll protest, ‘But we've known you all our lives!' only to be interrupted with his abrupt, ‘Your kind of knowing can hardly be called knowing. You don't know the first thing about me.'
Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing!— came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn't put it out.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But now ye rejoice in your boastings,.... Of tomorrow, and of the continuance of life, and of going to such a place, and abiding there for such a time, and of trading and trafficking with great success, to the obtaining of much gain and riches; see
Proverbs 27:1
all such rejoicing is evil; wicked and atheistical, as expressing a neglect of and independence on Providence; arrogating and ascribing too much to themselves, their power and will, as if they had their lives and fortunes in their own hands, and at their own dispose, when all depend upon the will of God. The Syriac version renders it, "all such rejoicing is from evil"; from an evil heart, and from the evil one, Satan.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But now ye rejoice in your boastings - That is, probably, in your boastings of what you can do; your reliance on your own skill and sagacity. You form your plans for the future as if with consummate wisdom, and are confident of success. You do not anticipate a failure; you do not see how plans so skilfully formed can fail. You form them as if you were certain that you would live; as if secure from the numberless casualties which may defeat your schemes.
All such rejoicing is evil - It is founded on a wrong view of yourselves and of what may occur. It shows a spirit forgetful of our dependence on God; forgetful of the uncertainty of life; forgetful of the many ways by which the best-laid plans may be defeated. We should never boast of any wisdom or skill in regard to the future. A day, an hour may defeat our best-concerted plans, and show us that we have not the slightest power to control coming events.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 16. But now ye rejoice in your boastings — Ye glory in your proud and self-sufficient conduct, exulting that ye are free from the trammels of superstition, and that ye can live independently of God Almighty. All such boasting is wicked, πονηραεστιν, is impious. In an old English work, entitled, The godly man's picture drawn by a Scripture pencil, there are these words: "Some of those who despise religion say, Thank God we are not of this holy number! They who thank God for their unholiness had best go ring the bells for joy that they shall never see God."
