| NET © | If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile. |
| NIV © | If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. |
| NASB © | If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. |
| NLT © | If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are just fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. |
| MSG © | Anyone who sets himself up as "religious" by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. |
| BBE © | If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man’s religion is of no value. |
| NRSV © | If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless. |
| NKJV © | If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. |
| KJV | If any man <1536> among <1722> you <5213> seem <1380> (5719) to be <1511> (5750) religious <2357>_, and bridleth <5468> (5723) not <3361> his <846> tongue <1100>_, but <235> deceiveth <538> (5723) his own <846> heart <2588>_, this man's <5127> religion <2356> [is] vain <3152>_. |
| GREEK | ei <1487> COND tiv <5100> X-NSM dokei <1380> (5719) V-PAI-3S yrhskov <2357> A-NSM einai <1510> (5750) V-PXN mh <3361> PRT-N calinagwgwn <5468> (5723) V-PAP-NSM glwssan <1100> N-ASF eautou <1438> F-3GSM alla <235> CONJ apatwn <538> (5723) V-PAP-NSM kardian <2588> N-ASF eautou <1438> F-3GSM toutou <5127> D-GSM mataiov <3152> A-NSM h <3588> T-NSF yrhskeia <2356> N-NSF |
| NET © [draft] ITL | If <1487> someone <5100> thinks <1380> he is <1510> religious <2357> yet does <5468> not <3361> bridle <5468> his <1438> tongue <1100> , and so <235> deceives <538> his <1438> heart <2588> , his religion <2356> is futile .<3152> |
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