James 1:14 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

English ASV

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

English Amplified

But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions).

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions).

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;

English EASY 2024

It is our own thoughts that make us do bad things. When we want to do something wrong, our thoughts lead us in a bad way.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You are tempted by the evil things you want. Your own desire leads you away and traps you.

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But we are tempted when we are drawn away and trapped by our own evil desires.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Everyone is tempted by his own desires as they lure him away and trap him.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

English KJV 1611

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

English LSB

But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Rather, each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But your own evil longings tempt you. They lead you on and drag you away.

English NIV

but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.

English NKJ 1982

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.

English NLT

Temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But one is tempted by one's own desire, being lured and enticed by it;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Instead it is each person’s own desires and thoughts that drag them into evil and lure them away into darkness.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Temptation is the pull of man's own evil thoughts and wishes.

English Tyndale 1537

But every man is tempted drawn away, and enticed of his own concupiscence.

James 1:14 — Compare Translations