YAC 1:20 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. ὀργή
2. orgē
3. +the severe anger
4. -
5. 37090
6. N····NFS
7. ˓the˒ severe_anger
8. ˓the˒ wrath
9. -
10. Y60
11. 146754
1. γάρ
2. gar
3. for/because
4. because
5. 10630
6. C·······
7. for/because
8. for
9. -
10. Y60
11. 146755
1. ἀνδρός
2. anēr
3. of +a human
4. -
5. 4350
6. N····GMS
7. ˱of˲ ˓a˒ human
8. ˱of˲ ˓a˒ human
9. -
10. Y60
11. 146756
1. δικαιοσύνην
2. dikaiosunē
3. +the righteousness
4. -
5. 13430
6. N····AFS
7. ˓the˒ righteousness
8. ˓the˒ righteousness
9. -
10. Y60
11. 146757
1. Θεοῦ
2. theos
3. of god
4. God
5. 23160
6. N····GMS
7. ˱of˲ god
8. ˱of˲ God
9. GN
10. Y60; Person=God
11. 146758
1. οὐκ
2. ou
3. not
4. -
5. 37560
6. D·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y60
11. 146759
1. ἐργάζεται
2. ergazomai
3. is producing
4. -
5. 20380
6. VIPM3··S
7. ˓is˒ producing
8. ˓is˒ producing
9. -
10. Y60
11. 146760
1. κατεργάζεται
2. katergazomai
3. -
4. -
5. 27160
6. VIPM3··S
7. ˓is˒ producing
8. ˓is˒ producing
9. -
10. -
11. 146761

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:19–27: Believers should accept the word of God and obey it

In this section, James emphasized the importance of obeying the word of God. There are three paragraphs: 1:19–21, 1:22–25, and 1:26–27.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

Hearing and Doing the Word (ESV)

Christians must listen to God’s message and obey it (UBS)

Paragraph 1:19–21

Believers should get rid of sin and obey the word of God.

1:20

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

I say this because when a person is angry, he cannot live in the righteous way that pleases God.
because anger will not help you live the right kind of life God wants. (NCV)

for: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as for introduces the reason that people should not get angry quickly. People should be slow to become angry (1:19d), for/because man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires (1:20). Another way to show this connection is:

I say this because

See also the General Comment on 1:19–20 at the end of 1:20 for an example of another way to begin this verse.

man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as the righteousness that God desires is literally “the righteousness of God” (as in the RSV). There are at least two ways to interpret this phrase:

It refers to the righteous behavior/action that God desires from his people. For example, the GW says:
An angry person doesn’t do what God approves of. (BSB, NIV, NCV, GW, NLT, JBP)
It refers to God’s own righteous purposes and justice. Human anger does not achieve the right things that God himself intends to do in his people and in the world. For example, the REB says:
For human anger does not promote God’s justice. (GNT, NJB, NLT96, REB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), because the great majority of commentators follow this interpretation.

The phrase man’s anger does not bring about… indicates that man’s anger seriously hinders the righteousness of God.

Some other ways to translate this clause are:

anger will not help you live the right kind of life God wants (NCV)

Anger makes it very hard for you to live the righteous life that God approves.

an angry person does not do what is right in God’s eyes

human anger does not help someone do the good/right things that God wants him to do

See also righteous, meaning 1, in the Glossary.

man’s: The word man here refers to any human being. It refers to both men and women. It means a human being in contrast to God. Another way to translate this word is:

human

anger: In some languages, it may be necessary to express anger as a verb or verb phrase. For example:

when people are angry….

if you become angry….

being angry….

General Comment on 1:19–20

In some languages, it may be more natural to change the order of 1:19–20 and put the reason in 1:20 before the result in 1:19b–d. For example:

^19aMy beloved brothers, understand this: ²⁰man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires. ^19bThat is why everyone should be quick to listen, ^19cslow to speak ^19dand slow to anger.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὀργή γάρ ἀνδρός δικαιοσύνην Θεοῦ οὐκ ἐργάζεται)

James uses For to introduce the reason why people should not get angry, as he said in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [You should not get angry, because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ὀργὴ & ἀνδρὸς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὀργή γάρ ἀνδρός δικαιοσύνην Θεοῦ οὐκ ἐργάζεται)

James is using the term man in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: [human anger]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δικαιοσύνην Θεοῦ οὐκ ἐργάζεται

˓the˒_righteousness ˱of˲_God not ˓is˒_producing

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the abstract noun righteousness by translating the idea behind it with an adjective such as “righteous” or “right.” Alternate translation: [does not fulfill the righteous purposes of God] or [does not accomplish the right things that God wants to do]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear YAC (JAM) 1:20

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 1:19–27: Believers should accept the word of God and obey it

Paragraph 1:19–21

1:20

General Comment on 1:19–20

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)