James 3:15 — Compare All Translations

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

this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

English ASV

This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

English Amplified

This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal).

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal).

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Such wisdom does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.

English EASY 2024

You are not being wise in the way that God wants you to be wise. Instead, you are thinking like people who do not know God. Your thoughts do not come from God's Spirit. They come from demons.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

That kind of "wisdom" does not come from God. That "wisdom" comes from the world. It is not spiritual. It is from the devil.

This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Such wisdom does not come down from heaven; it belongs to the world, it is unspiritual and demonic.

English God's Word - GW 1995

That kind of wisdom doesn't come from above. It belongs to this world. It is self-centered and demonic.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

English KJV 1611

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

English LSB

This wisdom is not coming down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and devilish.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.

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

Wisdom of this kind does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Wisdom like that doesn't come down from heaven. It belongs to the earth. It doesn't come from the Holy Spirit. It comes from the devil.

English NIV

Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.

English NKJ 1982

This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

English NLT

For jealousy and selfishness are not God's kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and motivated by the Devil.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For that has nothing to do with God’s heavenly wisdom but can best be described as the wisdom of this world, both selfish and devilish.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

This wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For jealousy and selfishness are not God's kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, inspired by the devil.

English Tyndale 1537

This wisdom descendeth not from above: but is earthy, and natural, and devilish:

James 3:15 — Compare Translations