6But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?


In Context

3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, |Sit here in a good place;| and you tell the poor man, |Stand there,| or |Sit by my footstool;|

4 haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

7 Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, |You shall love your neighbor as yourself,| you do well.

James 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? and do not they draw you before the judgment seats?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6But ye have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the tribunals?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But ye have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment-seats?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?