James 5:20
18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
- KJV
- Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
- WEB
- let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
- ASV
- let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
- DARBY
- let him know that he that brings back a sinner from [the] error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.
- BLB
- let him know that the one having turned back a sinner from the wandering of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
- ÅB
- han skal vite at den som omvender en synder fra hans villfarende vei, han frelser en sjel fra døden og skjuler en mangfoldighet av synder.
- OTB
- husk dette: den som vender en synder fra hans villfarelses vei, vil redde hans sjel fra døden og dekke over en mengde synder.
- B1930
- han skal vite at den som omvender en synder fra hans villfarende vei, han frelser en sjel fra døden og skjuler en mangfoldighet av synder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Read in contextProverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Read in context1 Timothy 4:16
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Read in contextProverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Read in contextRomans 11:14
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Read in contextJames 5:19
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
Read in contextPsalms 32:1
Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
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