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?


In Context

9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.

10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

11 Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

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

13 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money."

14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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 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 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?