Devine Scripture

James 4:11

James chapter 4 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Speak 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Context

v.10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

v.11This passage

v.12One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

  • Romans 2:13

    for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified;

  • 1 Timothy 3:11

    Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

  • James 5:9

    Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

  • Romans 14:10

    But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.

  • Romans 2:1

    Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.