YAC 4:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) When you all approach God, he will move closer to you. So keep your hands clean you sinners, and keep your hearts pure you who can’t make up your minds about God.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object, magenta:vocative.
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 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded.

UST Be honest and open with God. If you do, he will welcome you into his presence. You who are sinners, turn away from doing what is wrong and do only what is right. You who cannot decide whether you will commit yourselves to God, stop thinking wrong thoughts and think only right thoughts.

BSB Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

BLB Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and have purified hearts, you double-minded.

AICNT Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

OEB Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillators!

WEBBE Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

LSV draw near to God, and He will draw near to you; cleanse hands, you sinners! And purify hearts, you split-souled!

FBV Come close to God and he will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Purify your way of thinking, you people with divided loyalties.

TCNT Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

T4T Come near spiritually to God, and as a result he will come near to you. You who are sinners, stop doing what is wrong, and do only what is good [SYN, MET]. You who cannot decide whether you will ◄commit yourselves to God/obey God completely►, stop thinking wrong thoughts, and think only pure thoughts [MTY].

LEB Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded!

BBE Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

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Wymth Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God.

ASV Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

DRA Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

YLT draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

Drby Draw near to [fn]God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.

4.8 Elohim

RV Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

Wbstr Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

KJB-1769 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

KJB-1611 Draw nigh to God, and hee will draw nigh to you: cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purifie your hearts yee double minded.
(Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you: cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purifie your hearts ye/you_all double minded.)

Bshps Drawe nye to God, and he wyll drawe nye to you. Clense your handes ye sinners, and purifie your heartes ye double mynded.
(Drawe nigh/near to God, and he will drawe nigh/near to you. Clense your hands ye/you_all sinners, and purifie your hearts ye/you_all double mindd.)

Gnva Drawe neere to God, and he will drawe neere to you. Clense your handes, ye sinners, and purge your hearts, ye double minded.
(Drawe near to God, and he will drawe near to you. Clense your hands, ye/you_all sinners, and purge your hearts, ye/you_all double minded. )

Cvdl Drawe nye to God & he wil drawe nye to you. Clense yor hondes ye synners, and pourge youre hertes ye wauerynge mynded.
(Drawe nigh/near to God and he will drawe nigh/near to you. Clense yor hands ye/you_all sinners, and pourge your(pl) hearts ye/you_all wauerynge mindd.)

TNT Drawe nye to god and he will drawe nye to you. Clense youre hondes ye synners and pourdge youre hertes ye waverynge mynded.
(Drawe nigh/near to god and he will drawe nigh/near to you. Clense your(pl) hands ye/you_all sinners and pourdge your(pl) hearts ye/you_all waverynge mindd. )

Wycl Neiye ye to God, and he schal neiye to you. Ye synneris, clense ye hondis, and ye double in soule, purge ye the hertis.
(Neiye ye/you_all to God, and he shall neiye to you. Ye/You_all sinners, clense ye/you_all hands, and ye/you_all double in soul, purge ye/you_all the hearts.)

Luth Nahet euch zu GOtt, so nahet er sich zu euch. Reiniget die Hände, ihr Sünder, und machet eure Herzen keusch, ihr Wankelmütigen!
(Nahet you to God, so nahet he itself/yourself/themselves to you. Reiniget the hands, you/their/her Sünder, and machet your hearts keusch, you/their/her Wankelmütigen!)

ClVg Appropinquate Deo, et appropinquabit vobis. Emundate manus, peccatores: et purificate corda, duplices animo.
(Appropinquate Deo, and appropinquabit vobis. Emundate manus, peccatores: and purificate corda, duplices animo. )

UGNT ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
(engisate tōi Theōi, kai engiei humin. katharisate ⱪeiras, hamartōloi, kai hagnisate kardias, dipsuⱪoi.)

SBL-GNT ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ⸀ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
(engisate tōi theōi, kai ⸀engiei humin. katharisate ⱪeiras, hamartōloi, kai hagnisate kardias, dipsuⱪoi.)

TC-GNT Ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ [fn]ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν· καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
(Engisate tōi Theōi, kai engiei humin; katharisate ⱪeiras, hamartōloi, kai hagnisate kardias, dipsuⱪoi. )

4:8 εγγιει ¦ εγγισει WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν

near ¬the ˱to˲_God and ˱he˲_/will_be/_nearing ˱to˲_you_all

James is using the word translated and to describe a result. Alternate translation: “If you come near to God, then he will come near to you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν

near ¬the ˱to˲_God and ˱he˲_/will_be/_nearing ˱to˲_you_all

James is using a spatial metaphor to describe two people in a good relationship as if they were near to one another. Alternate translation: “Do your part to have a good relationship with God, and you will find that God also wants to have a good relationship with you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καθαρίσατε χεῖρας

cleanse /your/_hands

James is using the image of washing hands to describe a person removing sin from his life. Alternate translation: “Stop sinning”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

καθαρίσατε χεῖρας

cleanse /your/_hands

James is using the word hands to mean actions, by association with the way people use their hands to do things. Alternate translation: “Stop doing things that are wrong”

ἁμαρτωλοί

sinners

James is addressing his readers in the vocative. If your language has a vocative case, it would be appropriate to use it here. If not, you could express the meaning in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: “You sinners”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἁγνίσατε καρδίας

purify /your/_hearts

James says hearts to mean people’s thoughts and desires. Alternate translation: “purify your thoughts and desires”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἁγνίσατε καρδίας

purify /your/_hearts

The term purify refers to a ceremonial cleansing that allows a person to participate in religious activities. James is speaking as if his readers’ hearts could be cleansed in this way. Alternate translation: “make sure you are not thinking or desiring anything wrong”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

δίψυχοι

double-minded

James is using the adjective double-minded as a noun to refer to a type of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “double-minded people”

δίψυχοι

double-minded

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

δίψυχοι

double-minded

See how you translated the same expression in 1:8. James is speaking of his readers as if they had two minds, with one mind deciding to do one thing and the other mind deciding to do something else. Alternate translation: “you people who cannot decide whether to obey God or not”

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