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Patience in Suffering

James 5:9

In 9 translations

BSB
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
KJV
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
WEB
Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
ASV
Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
LSV
do not murmur against one another, brothers, that you may not be condemned; behold, the Judge has stood before the door.
YLT
murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
DBY
Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
DRC
Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.
GNV
Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read κριθῆτε (“you may be judged”); Textus Receptus read κατακριθῆτε (“you may be condemned”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text, Greek reading followed by the King James Version include ὁ (“the”); Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἀδελφοί elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἀδελφοί κατʼ ἀλλήλων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀδελφοί κατʼ ἀλλήλων; Robinson–Pierpont read κατʼ ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
μὴ στενάζετε, ἀδελφοί, κατʼ ἀλλήλων, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε· ἰδοὺ ὁ κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστηκεν.
RP2018
Μὴ στενάζετε κατ’ ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε· ἰδού, ὁ κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστηκεν.
TR-Boyd
Μὴ στενάζετε κατ᾿ ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί, ἵνα μὴ κατακριθῆτε· ἰδού, κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστηκεν.κριτὴς ¦ ὁ κριτὴς SCR
SCR1894
μη στεναζετε κατ αλληλων αδελφοι ινα μη κατακριθητε ιδου ο κριτης προ των θυρων εστηκεν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  • 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise…
  • James 4:11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
  • Galatians 5:14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  • Matthew 7:1–2“Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
  • Matthew 6:14–15For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
  • Matthew 24:33So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.
  • 1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
  • Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
  • Mark 13:29So also, when you see these things happening, know that He is near, right at the door.
  • 1 Peter 4:5But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
  • Mark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
  • Galatians 5:26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
  • Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
  • 2 Corinthians 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

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