James 5:16 in Other Translations
King James Version (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.
American Standard Version (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.
Bible in Basic English (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.
Darby English Bible (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.
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (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;
| Confess | ἐξομολογεῖσθε | exomologeisthe | ayks-oh-moh-loh-GEE-sthay |
| your | ἀλλήλοις | allēlois | al-LAY-loos |
| faults | τὰ | ta | ta |
| one to another, | παραπτώματα, | paraptōmata | pa-ra-PTOH-ma-ta |
| and | καὶ | kai | kay |
| pray | εὔχεσθε | euchesthe | AFE-hay-sthay |
| one for | ὑπὲρ | hyper | yoo-PARE |
| another, | ἀλλήλων | allēlōn | al-LAY-lone |
| that | ὅπως | hopōs | OH-pose |
| healed. be may ye | ἰαθῆτε | iathēte | ee-ah-THAY-tay |
| The effectual fervent | πολὺ | poly | poh-LYOO |
| prayer | ἰσχύει | ischyei | ee-SKYOO-ee |
| man righteous a of | δέησις | deēsis | THAY-ay-sees |
| availeth | δικαίου | dikaiou | thee-KAY-oo |
| much. | ἐνεργουμένη | energoumenē | ane-are-goo-MAY-nay |