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Source language
Original Greek   
εἰ δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ ἐριθείαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε καὶ ψεύδεσθε κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
ei de zelon pikron ekhete kai eritheian en te kardia umon, me katakaukhasthe kai pseudesthe kata tes aletheias.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quod si zelum amarum habetis et contentiones in cordibus vestris nolite gloriari et mendaces esse adversus veritatem

King James Variants
American King James Version   
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not, and lie not against the truth.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Authorized (King James) Version   
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
New King James Version   
But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
21st Century King James Version   
But if ye have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
But if you have bitter envy or contention in your hearts, do not be puffed up against the truth and lie.
Darby Bible Translation   
but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contentions in your hearts; glory not, and be not liars against the truth.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
God's Word   
But if you are bitterly jealous and filled with self-centered ambition, don't brag. Don't say that you are wise when it isn't true.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't brag and deny the truth.
International Standard Version   
But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.
NET Bible   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
New American Standard Bible   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.
New International Version   
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
New Living Translation   
But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don't cover up the truth with boasting and lying.
Webster's Bible Translation   
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Weymouth New Testament   
But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
The World English Bible   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
EasyEnglish Bible   
But if you live in a bad way, do not think that you are wise. Are you jealous of other people so that you hate them? Do you want to make yourself important? If you live like that, do not say that you are great and wise. You are not saying what is true.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;
New Life Version   
If you have jealousy in your heart and fight to have many things, do not be proud of it. Do not lie against the truth.
Revised Geneva Translation   
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not boast. And do not be liars against the truth.
The Voice Bible   
If your heart is one that bleeds dark streams of jealousy and selfishness, do not be so proud that you ignore your depraved state.
Living Bible   
And by all means don’t brag about being wise and good if you are bitter and jealous and selfish; that is the worst sort of lie.
New Catholic Bible   
But if your hearts are filled with bitter envy and selfish ambition, do not be boastful in defiance of the truth.
Legacy Standard Bible   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and do not be liars against the truth.
Christian Standard Bible   
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
But if you have bitter jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry, selfish ambition) in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth.
New Century Version   
But if you are selfish and have bitter jealousy in your hearts, do not brag. Your bragging is a lie that hides the truth.
The Message   
Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here’s what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It’s the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn’t wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn’t wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn’t wisdom. It’s the furthest thing from wisdom—it’s animal cunning, devilish plotting. Whenever you’re trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others’ throats.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie, contrary to the truth.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in · your heart, do not be arrogant and tell lies against the truth.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth.
New Matthew Bible   
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not be pleased, neither be liars against the truth.
Good News Translation®   
But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.
Wycliffe Bible   
That if ye have bitter envy, and strivings be in your hearts, do not ye have glory [That if ye have bitter zeal, or envy, and strives be in your hearts, do not ye glory], and be liars against the truth.
New Testament for Everyone   
But if you have bitter jealousy and contention in your hearts, don’t boast, and tell lies against the truth.
Contemporary English Version   
But if your heart is full of bitter jealousy and selfishness, don't brag or lie to cover up the truth.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Are there some wise and understanding men among you? Then your lives will be an example of the humility that is born of true wisdom. But if your heart is full of rivalry and bitter jealousy, then do not boast of your wisdom—don’t deny the truth that you must recognise in your inmost heart. You may acquire a certain superficial wisdom, but it does not come from God—it comes from this world, from your own lower nature, even from the devil. For wherever you find jealousy and rivalry you also find disharmony and all other kinds of evil.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth.
Common English Bible © 2011   
However, if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, then stop bragging and living in ways that deny the truth.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
New American Standard Bible   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.
The Expanded Bible   
But if you have bitter ·jealousy [or envy] and ·are selfish [have selfish ambition] in your hearts, do not ·brag [boast; Jer. 9:23–24]. Your ·bragging [boasting] is a lie ·that hides [that denies; L against] the truth [or Don’t cover up the truth with bragging or lying].
Tree of Life Version   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
Revised Standard Version   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
New International Reader's Version   
But suppose your hearts are jealous and bitter. Suppose you are concerned only about getting ahead. Then don’t brag about it. And don’t say no to the truth.
BRG Bible   
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Complete Jewish Bible   
But if you harbor in your hearts bitter jealousy and selfish ambition, don’t boast and attack the truth with lies!
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Are you a person who is very jealous? In your hearts you want to be better than others? Then stop being proud of yourself. Do not say what is not true.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
But if bitter kina (jealousy) you have and anochiyut (selfishness) in your levavot, do not boast and speak sheker against HaEmes.
Names of God Bible   
But if you are bitterly jealous and filled with self-centered ambition, don’t brag. Don’t say that you are wise when it isn’t true.
Modern English Version   
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not boast and do not lie against the truth.
Easy-to-Read Version   
If you are selfish and have bitter jealousy in your hearts, you have no reason to boast. Your boasting is a lie that hides the truth.
International Children’s Bible   
But if you are selfish and have bitter jealousy in your hearts, you have no reason to brag. Your bragging is a lie that hides the truth.
Lexham English Bible   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
New International Version - UK   
But if you harbour bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish-interest in your heart, do not be vaunting and lying against the truth.