Open Bible Data Home About News OET Key
OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB BLB AICNT OEB WEB WMB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE MOF JPS ASV DRA YLT DBY RV WBS KJB BB GNV CB TNT WYC SR-GNT UHB Related Parallel Interlinear Dictionary Search
parallelVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH EZRA NEH EST JOB PSA PRO ECC SNG ISA JER LAM EZE DAN HOS JOEL AMOS OBA YNA MIC NAH HAB ZEP HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs ROM 1COR 2COR GAL EPH PHP COL 1TH 2TH 1TIM 2TIM TIT PHM HEB YAC 1PET 2PET 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN YUD REV
Yacob/(James) Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
Yac 1 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27
Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. This view is only designed for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on any Bible version abbreviation to see the verse in more of its context. The OET segments on this page are still very early looks into the unfinished texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.
OET (OET-RV) Let that endurance do its perfect work so that you all might become perfect and mature—not lacking anything.
OET-LV And the endurance work its_perfect let_be_having, in_order_that you_all_may_be perfect and complete, in nothing lacking.
SR-GNT Ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι. ‡
(Haʸ de hupomonaʸ ergon teleion eⱪetō, hina aʸte teleioi kai holoklaʸroi, en maʸdeni leipomenoi.)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT But let the endurance have a perfect work, so that you may be perfect and whole, lacking in nothing.
UST Endure hardships to their very end, so that you may follow the Messiah in every way. Then you will not fail to do well.
BSB Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
BLB And let endurance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
AICNT And let endurance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
OEB And let endurance do its work perfectly, so that you may be altogether perfect, and in no respect lacking.
WEB Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
MSG (2-4)Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.
NET And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.
LSV and let the endurance have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
FBV Let your endurance become as strong as possible, so that you will be completely mature, without any shortcomings.
TCNT And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
T4T Keep on enduring difficulties bravely/patiently by trusting God more and more firmly [PRS], in order that you may become all that he intends you to be [DOU] (OR, spiritually mature and complete), not lacking ◄any good quality/anything you need to conduct your lives as God wants you to►.
LEB And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.
BBE But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
MOF No MOF YAC (JAM) book available
ASV And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
DRA And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.
YLT and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire — in nothing lacking;
DBY But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
RV And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
WBS But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
KJB But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
(But let patience have her perfect work, that ye/you_all may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. )
BB And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect & sounde, lackyng nothyng.
(And let patience have her perfect work, that ye/you_all may be perfect and sound, lackyng nothing.)
GNV And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect and entier, lacking nothing.
(And let patience have her perfect work, that ye/you_all may be perfect and entier, lacking nothing. )
CB and let pacience haue her parfect worke, yt ye maye be parfecte aud sounde, lakinge nothinge.
(and let patience have her parfect work, it ye/you_all may be parfecte aud sound, lakinge nothing.)
TNT have her parfect worke that ye maye be parfecte and sounde lackinge nothinge.
(have her parfect work that ye/you_all may be parfecte and sound lackinge nothing. )
WYC and pacience hath a perfit werk, that ye be perfit and hole, and faile in no thing.
(and patience hath/has a perfit work, that ye/you_all be perfit and hole, and faile in no thing.)
LUT Die Geduld aber soll festbleiben bis ans Ende, auf daß ihr seid vollkommen und ganz und keinen Mangel habet.
(The Geduld but should festbleiben until ans Ende, on that her seid vollkommen and ganz and keinen Mangel habet.)
CLV Patientia autem opus perfectum habet: ut sitis perfecti et integri in nullo deficientes.
(Patientia however opus perfectum habet: as sitis perfecti and integri in nullo deficientes. )
UGNT ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι.
(haʸ de hupomonaʸ ergon teleion eⱪetō, hina aʸte teleioi kai holoklaʸroi, en maʸdeni leipomenoi.)
SBL-GNT ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι.
(haʸ de hupomonaʸ ergon teleion eⱪetō, hina aʸte teleioi kai holoklaʸroi, en maʸdeni leipomenoi. )
TC-GNT ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι.
(haʸ de hupomonaʸ ergon teleion eⱪetō, hina aʸte teleioi kai holoklaʸroi, en maʸdeni leipomenoi. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
1:2-4 Enduring troubles and temptations is a recurring theme (1:12-15; 5:7-12). Failure to endure is “wandering from the truth” that requires being “saved from death” (5:19-20).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω
¬the and endurance work /its/_perfect /let_be/_having
The expression let endurance have a perfect work means “let endurance complete its work.” James is speaking as if the quality of endurance were actively developing the character of believers. Alternate translation: “But make sure that you completely develop the ability not to give up”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι
perfect and complete
The words perfect and whole mean similar things. James is using them together for emphasis. In this context, the word perfect does not mean without any flaws. Rather, it refers to something that has reached its goal. The word whole describes something that is not missing any of its parts or pieces. Together, the words describe mature Christian character. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this idea by translating this pair of words with a single expression. Alternate translation: “completely mature”
ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι
in nothing lacking
You could state this positively in your translation. Alternate translation: “having all that you need” or “being all that you need to be”