James 1:20
New International Version
because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

New Living Translation
Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.

English Standard Version
for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Berean Standard Bible
for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

Berean Literal Bible
for man's anger does not produce the righteousness of God.

King James Bible
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

New King James Version
for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

New American Standard Bible
for a man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness of God.

NASB 1995
for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

NASB 1977
for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

Amplified Bible
for the [resentful, deep-seated] anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God [that standard of behavior which He requires from us].

Christian Standard Bible
for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for man’s anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.

American Standard Version
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For the rage of man does not perform the righteousness of God.

Contemporary English Version
If you are angry, you cannot do any of the good things God wants done.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.

English Revised Version
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
An angry person doesn't do what God approves of.

Good News Translation
Human anger does not achieve God's righteous purpose.

International Standard Version
For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

Literal Standard Version
for the wrath of a man does not work the righteousness of God;

Majority Standard Bible
for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

New American Bible
for the wrath of a man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

NET Bible
For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.

New Revised Standard Version
for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness.

New Heart English Bible
for human anger does not produce the righteousness of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Weymouth New Testament
For a man's anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous.

World English Bible
for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

Young's Literal Translation
for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

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Context
Hearing and Doing
19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, 20for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires. 21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.…

Cross References
Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be subject to the fire of hell.

Ephesians 4:26
"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set upon your anger,


Treasury of Scripture

For the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.

James 3:17,18
But 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…

Numbers 20:11,12
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also

2 Timothy 2:24,25
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, …

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James 1
1. James greets the twelve tribes among the nations;
2. exhorts to rejoice in trials and temptations;
5. to ask patience of God;
13. and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, to him,
19. but rather to hearken to the word, to meditate on it, and to do thereafter.
26. Otherwise men may seem, but never be, truly religious.














(20) For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.--Sarcastically rings the context. Perhaps there is still a sharper point to the satire: the wrath of man does not work God's righteousness "to the full." The warning may well be sounded in the ears of Christians still, who are not less apt than Jonah of old to say quickly and in self-excuse, "I do well to be angry" (Jonah 4:9). How many a holy work of household and parish has been and is thus hindered and destroyed; and if the golden words of the first bishop of the Church had been heeded better, there never had appeared one page of her long history blotted with the blood of a religious war.

Verse 20 gives the reason why men should be slow to wrath. Because man's wrath does not work God's righteousness δικαιοσύνην Θεοῦ), the righteousness which God demands and requires.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

man’s
ἀνδρὸς (andros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

anger
ὀργὴ (orgē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3709: From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment.

{does} not
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

bring about
ἐργάζεται (ergazetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2038: To work, trade, perform, do, practice, commit, acquire by labor.

[the] righteousness
δικαιοσύνην (dikaiosynēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1343: From dikaios; equity; specially justification.

that God [desires].
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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