Verse Comparison: James 1:23
American Standard Version
For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
Amplified® Bible
For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it {and} being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror;
Contemporary English Version
If you hear the message and don't obey it, you are like people who stare at themselves in a mirror
Darby English Version
For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
Good News Bible
If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are.
International Standard Version
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror.
King James Version
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
New American Standard Bible
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
New International Version
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror
New King James Version
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For if anyone hears the word and does not do the word, he resembles a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
Young's Literal Translation
because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,
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