Parallel Verses
Amplified
And the seed whose fruit is righteousness (spiritual maturity) is sown in peace by those who make peace [by actively encouraging goodwill between individuals].
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Holman Bible
And the fruit of righteousness
International Standard Version
And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.
A Conservative Version
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.
American Standard Version
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
An Understandable Version
[People who are] peacemakers sow [seeds of] peace and it produces a crop of righteousness [in the lives of others].
Anderson New Testament
And those who cultivate peace, sow for themselves a harvest of righteousness in peace.
Bible in Basic English
And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
Common New Testament
And the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Daniel Mace New Testament
they who cultivate peace, enjoy the reward of their virtue.
Darby Translation
But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace.
Godbey New Testament
But the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who are making peace.
Goodspeed New Testament
The harvest uprightness yields must be sown in peace, by peacemakers.
John Wesley New Testament
without partiality and without dissimulation, And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
Julia Smith Translation
And the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those making peace.
King James 2000
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace among those who make peace.
Modern King James verseion
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of them that maintain peace.
Moffatt New Testament
and the peacemakers who sow in peace reap righteousness.
Montgomery New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is being sown in peace by those who are working peace.
NET Bible
And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
New Heart English Bible
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Noyes New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Sawyer New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.
The Emphasized Bible
And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for those who are peacemakers.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And righteousness, its fruit, is sown in peace by those who work for peace.
Webster
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.
Weymouth New Testament
And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
Williams New Testament
The harvest of uprightness is grown from the seed of peace by those who are peacemakers.
World English Bible
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Worrell New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those making peace.
Worsley New Testament
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those that promote peace.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 3:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Wisdom That Comes Down From Above
17 But the wisdom from above is first pure [morally and spiritually undefiled], then peace-loving [courteous, considerate], gentle, reasonable [and willing to listen], full of compassion and good fruits. It is unwavering, without [self-righteous] hypocrisy [and self-serving guile]. 18 And the seed whose fruit is righteousness (spiritual maturity) is sown in peace by those who make peace [by actively encouraging goodwill between individuals].
Cross References
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked man earns deceptive wages,
But he who sows righteousness and lives his life with integrity will have a true reward [that is both permanent and satisfying].
Matthew 5:9
Hosea 10:12
Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate];
Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness.
Break up your uncultivated ground,
For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing]
Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.
Philippians 1:11
filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God [so that His glory may be both revealed and recognized].
Proverbs 11:28
He who leans on and trusts in and is confident in his riches will fall,
But the righteous [who trust in God’s provision] will flourish like a green leaf.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the [consistently] righteous is a tree of life,
And he who is wise captures and wins souls [for God—he gathers them for eternity].
Isaiah 32:16-17
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will live in the fertile field.
Amos 6:12
Do horses run on rocks?
Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!]
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),
John 4:36
Galatians 6:8
For the one who sows to his flesh [his sinful capacity, his worldliness, his disgraceful impulses] will reap from the flesh ruin and destruction, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Hebrews 12:11
For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems sad and painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness [right standing with God and a lifestyle and attitude that seeks conformity to God’s will and purpose].
James 1:20
for the [resentful, deep-seated] anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God [that standard of behavior which He requires from us].