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?


In Context

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

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

11 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.

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

13 Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who 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?