James 5:20
James 5:19-20 The Message (MSG)
My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God’s truth, don’t write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God.
James 5:20 King James Version (KJV)
let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
James 5:20 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
James 5:20 New Century Version (NCV)
remember this: Anyone who brings a sinner back from the wrong way will save that sinner’s soul from death and will cause many sins to be forgiven.
James 5:20 American Standard Version (ASV)
let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
James 5:20 New International Version (NIV)
remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
James 5:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
James 5:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
let the [latter] one know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will save that one’s soul from death and cover a multitude of sins [that is, obtain the pardon of the many sins committed by the one who has been restored].
James 5:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.