12One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?


In Context

9 Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

11 Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not doer of the law, but judge.

12 One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?

13 Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

14 ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

James 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you--who are you to judge your neighbor?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you that judge another?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:12There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:12One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbour?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou — who art thou that dost judge the other?