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James 1:24
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KJ21
for he beholdeth himself, and then goeth his way and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
ASV
for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
AMP
for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he immediately forgets what he looked like.
AMPC
For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like.
BRG
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
CSB
For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was.
CSBA
For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was.
CEB
They look at themselves, walk away, and immediately forget what they were like.
CJB
who looks at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
CEV
and forget what they look like as soon as they leave.
DARBY
for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
DLNT
For he considered himself and has gone-away and immediately forgot what-sort of man he was.
DRA
For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.
ERV
and doing nothing about what you saw. You go away and immediately forget how bad you looked.
EASY
That man looks at himself, but then he goes away. He immediately forgets what he is really like.
EHV
Indeed, he carefully looks at himself; then, he goes away and immediately forgets what he looked like.
ESV
For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
ESVUK
For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
EXB
[L For] They ·see their faces [gaze at themselves] and then go away and quickly forget what they looked like.
GNV
For when he hath considered himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what manner of one he was.
GW
studies his features, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like.
GNT
They take a good look at themselves and then go away and at once forget what they look like.
HCSB
For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
ICB
He sees his face, then goes away and quickly forgets what he looked like.
ISV
and studies himself carefully, and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looks like.
PHILLIPS
Have done, then, with impurity and every other evil which touches the lives of others, and humbly accept the message that God has sown in your hearts, and which can save your souls. Don’t I beg you, only hear the message, but put it into practice; otherwise you are merely deluding yourselves. The man who simply hears and does nothing about it is like a man catching the reflection of his own face in a mirror. He sees himself, it is true, but he goes on with whatever he was doing without the slightest recollection of what sort of person he saw in the mirror. But the man who looks into the perfect mirror of God’s law, the law of liberty (or freedom), and makes a habit of so doing, is not the man who sees and forgets. He puts that law into practice and he wins true happiness.
JUB
For he considered himself and went his way and in one hour forgot what he was like.
KJV
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
AKJV
for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
LSB
for once he looked at himself and has gone away, he immediately forgot what kind of person he was.
LEB
for he looks at himself and goes away and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.
TLB
as soon as he walks away, he can’t see himself anymore or remember what he looks like.
MSG
Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.
MEV
He views himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
MOUNCE
then after looking at himself · he goes away and immediately forgets what he was like.
NOG
studies his features, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like.
NABRE
He sees himself, then goes off and promptly forgets what he looked like.
NASB
for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
NASB1995
for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
NCB
After seeing his reflection, he goes off and immediately forgets what he looked like.
NCV
They see their faces and then go away and quickly forget what they looked like.
NET
For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.
NIRV
After looking at themselves, they leave. And right away they forget what they look like.
NIV
and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
NIVUK
and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
NKJV
for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
NLV
After he sees himself and goes away, he forgets what he looks like.
NLT
You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.
NMB
For as soon as he has looked at himself, he goes his way and forgets immediately what his appearance was.
NRSVA
for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like.
NRSVACE
for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like.
NRSVCE
for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like.
NRSVUE
for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like.
NTFE
He notices himself, but then he goes away and quickly forgets what he looked like.
OJB
For he observed himself and has gone away and immediately forgot what he looked like.
RGT
For after he has looked at himself, he goes his way and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
RSV
for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
RSVCE
for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
TLV
for once he looks at himself and goes away, he immediately forgets what sort of person he was.
VOICE
If some fail to do what God requires, it’s as if they forget the word as soon as they hear it. One minute they look in the mirror, and the next they forget who they are and what they look like.
WEB
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
WE
He looks at himself and goes away, and right away he forgets what he looked like.
WYC
for he beheld himself, and went away, and at once he forgot which he was. [for he beheld himself, and went away, and anon he forgot what manner man he was.]
YLT
for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;
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