James 5:16 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

James 5:16 - Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[fn]

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KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

Confess your trespasses[fn] to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[fn]

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. A [fn]prayer of a righteous person, when it is [fn]brought about, can accomplish much.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective [fn]prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective [fn]prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) is able to accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power].

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The fervent supplication of the righteous man has much power.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra et orate pro invicem ut salvemini multum enim valet deprecatio iusti adsidua

MGNTMGNT (read chapter in MGNT)

ἐξομολογεῖσθε οὖν ἀλλήλοις τὰς ἁμαρτίας καὶ εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων ὅπως ἰαθῆτε πολὺ ἰσχύει δέησις δικαίου ἐνεργουμένη

TRTR (read chapter in TR)

ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἀλλήλοις τὰ παραπτώματα, καὶ εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων ὅπως ἰαθῆτε πολὺ ἰσχύει δέησις δικαίου ἐνεργουμένη

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

اِعْتَرِفُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ بِالزَّّلاَتِ، وَصَلُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ لأَجْلِ بَعْضٍ، لِكَيْ تُشْفَوْا. طَلِبَةُ الْبَارِّ تَقْتَدِرُ كَثِيرًا فِي فِعْلِهَا.

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

لِيَعْتَرِفْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ لأَخِيهِ بِزَلّاتِهِ، وَصَلُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ لأَجْلِ بَعْضٍ، حَتَّى تُشْفَوْا. إِنَّ الصَّلاةَ الْحَارَّةَ الَّتِي يَرْفَعُهَا الْبَارُّ لَهَا فَعَّالِيَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Confesaos vuestras faltas unos á otros, y rogad los unos por los otros, para que seáis sanos; la oración del justo, obrando eficazmente, puede mucho.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Confesaos vuestras ofensas unos a otros, y orad unos por otros, para que seáis sanados. La oración eficaz del justo puede mucho.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

所以你們要彼此認罪、互相代求、使你們可以得醫治。義人祈禱所發的力量、是大有功效的。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Por tanto, confesaos unos a otros vuestros pecados, y orad unos por otros de manera que seáis sanados. La ferviente oración del justo, obrando eficazmente, puede mucho.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

이러므로 너희 죄를 서로 고하며 병 낫기를 위하여 서로 기도하라 의인의 간구는 역사하는 힘이 많으니라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Confessez donc vos péchés les uns aux autres, et priez les uns pour les autres, afin que vous soyez guéris. La prière fervente du juste a une grande efficace.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Bekenne einer dem andern seine Sünden und betet füreinander, daß ihr gesund werdet. Des Gerechten Gebet vermag viel, wenn es ernstlich ist.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Признавайтесь друг пред другом в проступках и молитесь друг за друга, чтобы исцелиться: много может усиленная молитва праведного.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Confesaos vuestras faltas unos a otros, y rogad los unos por los otros, para que seáis sanos. Porque la oración eficaz del justo, es muy poderoso.

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(5:16)

Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power

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