KJV King James Version
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
WEB World English Bible
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
ASV American Standard Version
Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.
Surrounding context — James 1
12 Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
εἶταG1534 · eitathenἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐπιθυμίαG1939 · epithumiadesireσυλλαβοῦσαG4815 · sullambanōto seize/conceive/helpτίκτειG5088 · tiktōto give birth toἁμαρτίαν,G266 · hamartiasinἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἁμαρτίαG266 · hamartiasinἀποτελεσθεῖσαG658 · apoteleōto completeἀποκύειG616 · apokueōto generateθάνατον.¶G2288 · thanatosdeath
Cross-references
Psalm 7:14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.Romans 5:12-21Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:Genesis 2:17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.Isaiah 59:4None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.Romans 6:21-23What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.Micah 2:1-3Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.Genesis 4:5-8But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.Revelation 20:14-15And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.Genesis 3:17-19And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;Acts 5:1-3But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,Psalm 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.Matthew 26:14Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,Matthew 26:48-59Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
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