James 1:24 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

studies his features, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

ASV:

for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

BBE:

For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

DBY:

for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

ERV:

for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

WEY:

Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.

WBS:

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.

WEB:

for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

YLT:

for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;

James 1:24 Cross References

XREF:

James 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

James 1:25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

1:23,24 He is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. The point of the comparison is this: Like a man who looks in the glass and soon forgets the impression, so the impression of the word on such a man is soon forgotten. The word must be impressed by the doing of it.

WES:

1:24 He beheld himself, and went away - To other business. And forgot - But such forgetting does not excuse.

MHC:

1:22-25 If we heard a sermon every day of the week, and an angel from heaven were the preacher, yet, if we rested in hearing only, it would never bring us to heaven. Mere hearers are self-deceivers; and self-deceit will be found the worst deceit at last. If we flatter ourselves, it is our own fault; the truth, as it is in Jesus, flatters no man. Let the word of truth be carefully attended to, and it will set before us the corruption of our nature, the disorders of our hearts and lives; and it will tell us plainly what we are. Our sins are the spots the law discovers: Christ's blood is the laver the gospel shows. But in vain do we hear God's word, and look into the gospel glass, if we go away, and forget our spots, instead of washing them off; and forget our remedy, instead of applying to it. This is the case with those who do not hear the word as they ought. In hearing the word, we look into it for counsel and direction, and when we study it, it turns to our spiritual life. Those who keep in the law and word of God, are, and shall be, blessed in all their ways. His gracious recompence hereafter, would be connected with his present peace and comfort. Every part of Divine revelation has its use, in bringing the sinner to Christ for salvation, and in directing and encouraging him to walk at liberty, by the Spirit of adoption, according to the holy commands of God. And mark the distinctness, it is not for his deeds, that any man is blessed, but in his deed. It is not talking, but walking, that will bring us to heaven. Christ will become more precious to the believer's soul, which by his grace will become more fitted for the inheritance of the saints in light.

CONC:

Although Beholdeth Carefully Considered Forget Forgets Forgetteth Forgotten Goes Immediately Kind Looks Manner Memory Observes Sees Short Sort Straightway View

Although Beholdeth Carefully Considered Forget Forgets Forgetteth Forgotten Goes Immediately Kind Looks Manner Memory Observes Once Short Sort Straightway Time Way

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