YAC 2:19 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject.
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 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and they tremble.

UST Let me illustrate how believing in God without doing what God wants you to do cannot save you. You believe that there is only one true God. You are right to believe that. But the demons also believe that, and they shake with fear because they also know that the one true God is going to punish them.

BSB You believe that God is one.[fn] Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

BLB You believe that God is one. You are doing well! Even the demons believe that, and shudder!

AICNT You believe that God is one.[fn] You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!

2:19, God is one: Or there is one God.

OEB It is a part of your faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.

WEBBE You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that – and tremble with fear.

LSV You believe that God is one; you do well! The demons also believe—and shudder!

FBV You believe that God is one God? That's great—but demons believe in God too, and they're scared of him!

TCNT Yoʋ believe that God is one; yoʋ do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

T4T Think about it! You believe that there is only one God, and you are right to believe that. But the demons also believe that, but they tremble with fear because they know that God is going to punish them.

LEB You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe, and shudder!

BBE You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.

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Wymth You believe that God is one, and you are quite right: evil spirits also believe this, and shudder."

ASV Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

DRA Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.

YLT thou — thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

Drby Thou believest that [fn]God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.

2.19 Elohim

RV Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and shudder.

Wbstr Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and tremble.

KJB-1769 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
(Thou believest that there is one God; thou/you doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. )

KJB-1611 Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Beleuest thou that there is one God? Thou doest well. The deuyls also beleue, and tremble.
(Beleuest thou/you that there is one God? Thou doest well. The devils also believe, and tremble.)

Gnva Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.
(Thou believest that there is one God: thou/you doest well: the devils also believe it, and tremble. )

Cvdl Beleuest thou yt ther is one God? Thou doest well. The deuils also beleue and tremble.
(Beleuest thou/you it there is one God? Thou doest well. The devils also believe and tremble.)

TNT Belevest thou that ther is one God? Thou doest well. The devyls also beleve and tremble.
(Belevest thou/you that there is one God? Thou doest well. The devyls also believe and tremble. )

Wycl Thou bileuest, that o God is; thou doist wel; and deuelis bileuen, and tremblen.
(Thou believest, that o God is; thou/you doest wel; and devils believen, and tremblen.)

Luth Du glaubest, daß ein einiger GOtt ist; du tust wohl daran; die Teufel glauben‘s auch und zittern.
(You glaubest, that a einiger God is; you tust probably daran; the Teufel believe‘s also and zittern.)

ClVg Tu credis quoniam unus est Deus: bene facis: et dæmones credunt, et contremiscunt.[fn]
(Tu credis quoniam unus it_is God: bene facis: and dæmones credunt, and contremiscunt. )

2.19 Tu credis, etc. Probavit eos qui opera non habent veram fidem non habere; nunc cujusmodi fidem habeant, patefacit, ne illam talem fidem magnifaciant. Et dæmones credunt, et contremiscunt. BED. Scriptum est, etc., usque ad dæmonibus tardiores et proterviores sunt existimandi.

2.19 Tu credis, etc. Probavit them who opera not/no habent veram faith not/no habere; now cuyusmodi faith habeant, patefacit, not illam talem faith magnifaciant. And dæmones credunt, and contremiscunt. BED. Scriptum it_is, etc., until to dæmonibus tardiores and proterviores are existimandi.

UGNT σὺ πιστεύεις ὅτι εἷς ἐστιν ὁ Θεός. καλῶς ποιεῖς; καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια πιστεύουσιν καὶ φρίσσουσιν.
(su pisteueis hoti heis estin ho Theos. kalōs poieis; kai ta daimonia pisteuousin kai frissousin.)

SBL-GNT σὺ πιστεύεις ὅτι ⸂εἷς ἐστιν ὁ θεός⸃; καλῶς ποιεῖς· καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια πιστεύουσιν καὶ φρίσσουσιν.
(su pisteueis hoti ⸂heis estin ho theos⸃? kalōs poieis; kai ta daimonia pisteuousin kai frissousin.)

TC-GNT Σὺ πιστεύεις ὅτι [fn]ὁ Θεὸς εἷς ἐστι· καλῶς ποιεῖς· καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια πιστεύουσι, καὶ φρίσσουσι.
(Su pisteueis hoti ho Theos heis esti; kalōs poieis; kai ta daimonia pisteuousi, kai frissousi. )

2:19 ο θεος εις εστι 80.6% ¦ εις θεος εστι WH 4.1% ¦ εις εστιν ο θεος ECM NA SBL TH 1.8%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

σὺ πιστεύεις ὅτι εἷς ἐστιν ὁ Θεός

you /are/_believing that one is ¬the God

The verb translated believe comes from the same root as the word translated “faith.” It may be helpful to your readers to show in your translation that James is continuing to speak to the same person as in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [You have faith that God is one]

σὺ πιστεύεις ὅτι εἷς ἐστιν ὁ Θεός

you /are/_believing that one is ¬the God

As Part 1 of the General Introduction to James explains, the people to whom James was writing were believers in Jesus who had a Jewish background. As a result, they would have known that he was referring here to the essential Jewish affirmation, “Listen, Israel, Yahweh our God is one.” Moses says this in Deuteronomy 6:4. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [You believe the essential teaching of Moses that there is one God]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

καλῶς ποιεῖς; καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια πιστεύουσιν καὶ φρίσσουσιν

well ˱you˲_/are/_doing even the demons /are/_believing and /are/_shuddering

When James says You do well, he is saying the opposite of what he really means. He grants that believing in one God is a good thing in itself, but he is actually saying that by itself, it is the kind of faith without works that cannot save a person. He proves this by observing that the demons, who are not saved, also believe that there is one God, and this makes them tremble. Alternate translation: [You may think that is a good thing to do. But the demons also believe in one God, and they tremble]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια πιστεύουσιν καὶ φρίσσουσιν

even the demons /are/_believing and /are/_shuddering

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly why the demons tremble at the thought of God. Alternate translation: [The demons also believe in one God, and they tremble, knowing that God is going to punish them]

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