James 3:16
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
For where enuying and strife is, there is †confusion, and euery euill worke.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Greek wordingGr. tumult or vnquietnesse.
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12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe hee him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers righteous.
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9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
9Therefore is the name of it called †Babel, because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad vpon the face of all the earth.
- Acts 19:29Rank 7 from verse 16
29And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
29And the whole citie was filled with confusion, and hauing caught Gaius and Aristarchus men of Macedonia Pauls companions in trauaile, they rushed with one accord into the Theatre.
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James 3:16
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of envy, meaning to feel such jealousy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Disorder, uncertainty, or lack of understanding. Sense 2: Shame, disgrace, or frustrated defeat. Sense 3: Perverse mingling.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Webster 1828
Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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3:13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
3:13Who is a wise man and indued with knowledge amongst you? let him shew out of a good conuersation his workes with meekenes of wisedome.
3:14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
3:14But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts glory not, and lie not against the trueth.
3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
3:15This wisedome descendeth not from aboue, but is earthly, ‖sensuall, deuilish.
3:16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
3:16For where enuying and strife is, there is †confusion, and euery euill worke.
Selected passage3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
3:17But the wisedome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easie to be intreated, full of mercy, and good fruits, ‖without partialitie, and without hypocrisie.
3:18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
3:18And the fruit of righteousnesse is sowen in peace, of them that make peace.