King James Version
James 1:20 in the King James Version says “For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.” — study this verse from James chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
James 1:20 · KJV
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the wrath”
G3709properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e., (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implicati
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“the righteousness”
G1343equity (of character or act); specially (christian) justification
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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