James 2:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ But you people have dishonored the poor person. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you to court?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But you [in contrast] have insulted (humiliated, dishonored, and shown your contempt for) the poor. Is it not the rich who domineer over you? Is it not they who drag you into the law courts?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁶ But you have dishonored the poor. Don’t the wealthy make life difficult for you? Aren’t they the ones who drag you into court?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But you have dishonored the poor. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you through power? And are not they the ones who drag you to judgment?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

James 2:6 Cross References

John 8:49

Jesus answered; “I am not dominated by an evil spirit. But I give honor to my Father and you people dishonor me.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews incited the devoted [non-Jewish] women who held respected positions, and the principal men of the city, by stirring up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and [succeeded] in running them out of the region.

Acts 17:6

When they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, “These men have turned the world upside down [i.e., disrupted society by their preaching] and have [now] come here also [i.e., to do the same thing in our community].

Acts 18:12

But when Gallio was magistrate of Achaia [i.e., the southern province of Greece] the Jews joined forces to attack Paul and brought him before the court of justice,

Acts 8:3

But Saul brought devastation to the church by entering everyone’s house and dragging men and women off to jail.

1 Corinthians 11:22

Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or, do you despise the church of God and put to shame those people who do not have anything [to eat]? What should I say to you? Should I commend you for doing this? Certainly not!

James 2:3

Now if you people show special attention to the one wearing the fine clothing and say [to him], “You can sit here in this good seat,” and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,”

James 5:4

Look, the wages you have fraudulently refused to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out [against you]. And the cries of these harvest hands have reached the ears of the Lord of [heavenly] armies [i.e., Almighty God].

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous man [i.e., the innocent person, See verse 4] and he does not [even] resist you.