Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.
James 4:11 - The Scriptures 2009 Brothers, do not speak against one another. He that speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against Torah and judges Torah. And if you judge Torah, you are not a doer of Torah but a judge. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [My] brethren, do not speak evil about or accuse one another. He that maligns a brother or judges his brother is maligning and criticizing the Law and judging the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but a censor and judge [of it]. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Brothers and sisters, don’t say evil things about each other. Whoever insults or criticizes a brother or sister insults and criticizes the Law. If you find fault with the Law, you are not a doer of the Law but a judge over it. Catholic Public Domain Version Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. |
Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.
“And do not judge, and you shall not be judged at all. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned at all. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.
Therefore, O man, you are without excuse, everyone who judges, for in which you judge another you condemn yourself, since you who judge practise the same wrongs.
For not the hearers of the Torah are righteous in the sight of Elohim, but the doers of the Torah shall be declared right.
What, then, shall we say? Is the Torah sin? Let it not be! However, I did not know sin except through the Torah. For also the covetousness I knew not if the Torah had not said, “You shall not covet.”
So do not judge any at all before the time, until the Master comes, who shall bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the thoughts of the hearts. And then each one’s praise shall come from Elohim.
For I fear lest, when I come, I do not find you such as I wish, and I be found by you such as you do not wish – lest there be strife, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, puffings up, unrests,
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and displeasure, and uproar, and slander be put away from you, along with all evil.
Wives in the same way: reverent, not false accusers, sober, trustworthy in every way.
unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, haters of good,
the older women likewise are to be set-apart in behaviour, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of what is good,
So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,
But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom, and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah.
If you truly accomplish the sovereign law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you do well,
My brothers, as an example of suffering and patience, take the prophets, who spoke in the Name of יהוה.
So, brothers, be patient until the coming of the Master. See, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.
Do not grumble against each other, brothers, lest you be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the door!
Having put aside, then, all evil, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil words,