James 4:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν: πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.

Transliteration

Now de you kauchasthe in the alazoneiais of you: all kauchēsis such ponēra estin.

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction - but/and/now
• *kauchasthe*: present middle/passive indicative, 2nd plural - boast/exult
• *alazoneiais*: dative, feminine, plural - arrogance/pretensions
• *kauchēsis*: nominative, feminine, singular - boasting/exulting
• *ponēra*: nominative, feminine, singular - evil/wicked
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is

Word Meanings

• *de*: but/and/now
• *kauchasthe*: boast/exult/pride yourselves
• *alazoneiais*: arrogance/pretensions/bragging
• *kauchēsis*: boasting/exulting/glorying
• *ponēra*: evil/wicked/harmful
• *estin*: is/exists

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
• Jas 3:14 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
• Isa 47:10 : 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
• Ps 52:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually.
• Ps 52:7 : 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• Prov 25:14 : 14 [ As] clouds and wind without rain, [So is] he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
• Prov 27:1 : 1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
• Isa 47:7-8 : 7 And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof. 8 Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
• 1 Cor 4:7-8 : 7 For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if {G2532} thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it? 8 Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
• Rev 18:7 : 7 How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.