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


In Context

9 be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;

10 be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

11 Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

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

13 Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

14 who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

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 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?