| | King James | David Martin | American std |
| 1 | From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? | D'où viennent parmi vous les disputes et les querelles? n'est-ce point de vos voluptés, qui combattent dans vos membres? | Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members? |
| 2 | Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. | Vous convoitez, et vous n'avez point ce que vous désirez; vous avez une envie mortelle, vous êtes jaloux, et vous ne pouvez obtenir ce que vous enviez; vous vous querellez, et vous disputez, et vous n'avez point ce que vous désirez, parce que vous ne le demandez point. | Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. |
| 3 | Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. | Vous demandez, et vous ne recevez point; parce que vous demandez mal, et afin de l'employer dans vos voluptés. | Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures. |
| 4 | Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. | Hommes et femmes adultères, ne savez-vous pas que l'amitié du monde est inimitié contre Dieu? celui donc qui voudra être ami du monde, se rend ennemi de Dieu. | Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God. |
| 5 | Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? | Pensez-vous que l'Ecriture parle en vain; l'Esprit qui a habité en nous, vous inspire-t-il l'envie? | Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? |
| 6 | But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. | Il vous donne au contraire une plus grande grâce; c'est pourquoi l'Ecriture dit: Dieu résiste aux orgueilleux, mais il fait grâce aux humbles. | But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. |
| 7 | Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Soumettez-vous donc à Dieu. Résistez au Démon, et il s'enfuira de vous. | Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. |
| 8 | Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. | Approchez-vous de Dieu, et il s'approchera de vous; pécheurs, nettoyez vos mains; et vous qui êtes doubles de coeur, purifiez vos coeurs. | Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. |
| 9 | Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. | Sentez vos misères, et lamentez, et pleurez; que votre ris se change en pleurs, et votre joie en tristesse. | Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. |
| 10 | Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. | Humiliez-vous en la présence du Seigneur, et il vous élèvera. | Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you. |
| 11 | Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. | Mes frères ne médisez point les uns des autres; celui qui médit de son frère, et qui condamne son frère, médit de la Loi, et condamne la Loi; or si tu condamnes la Loi, tu n'es point l'observateur de la Loi, mais le juge. | Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. |
| 12 | There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? | Il n'y a qu'un seul Législateur, qui peut sauver et qui peut perdre; mais toi qui es-tu, qui condamnes les autres? | One [only] is the lawgiver and judge, [even] he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor? |
| 13 | Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: | Or maintenant, vous qui dites: Allons aujourd'hui ou demain en une telle ville, et demeurons là un an, et y trafiquons et gagnons; | Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: |
| 14 | Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. | (Qui toutefois ne savez pas ce qui arrivera le lendemain car qu'est-ce que votre vie? ce n'est certes qu'une vapeur qui parait pour un peu de temps, et qui ensuite s'évanouit;) | whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. |
| 15 | For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. | Au lieu que vous deviez dire: si le Seigneur le veut, et si nous vivons, nous ferons ceci, ou cela. | For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. |
| 16 | But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. | Mais maintenant vous vous vantez en vos pensées orgueilleuses; toute vanterie de cette nature est mauvaise. | But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. |
| 17 | Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. | Il y a donc du péché en celui qui sait faire le bien, et qui ne le fait pas. | To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. |
