KJV King James Version
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
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James 5:9
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
WEB World English Bible
Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
ASV American Standard Version
Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
Surrounding context — James 5
6 Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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μὴG3361 · mēnotστενάζετε,G4727 · stenazōto groanἀδελφοί,G80 · adelphosbrotherκατ᾽G2596 · kataaccording toἀλλήλων,G240 · allēlōnone anotherἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toμὴG3361 · mēnotκριθῆτε·G2919 · krinōto judgeἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκριτὴςG2923 · kritēsjudgeπρὸG4253 · probeforeτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθυρῶνG2374 · thuradoorἕστηκεν.G2476 · histēmito stand
Cross-references
Leviticus 19:18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.James 4:11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.Matthew 24:33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors.Matthew 6:14-15For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:Galatians 5:14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.1 Peter 4:9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.Genesis 4:7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.Matthew 7:1-2Judge not, that ye be not judged.1 Peter 4:5Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.Mark 13:29So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, [even] at the doors.1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.Galatians 5:26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.Psalm 59:15Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.Mark 6:19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:2 Corinthians 9:7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
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