James 5:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ You have condemned and murdered the righteous man [i.e., the innocent person, See verse 4] and he does not [even] resist you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ You have condemned and have murdered the righteous (innocent man), [while] he offers no resistance to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.

Common English Bible

⁶ You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who doesn’t oppose you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not.

James 5:6 Cross References

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir [to the vineyard]. Come on; let us kill him so we can take over his inheritance.’

Matthew 27:20

Now the leading priests and [Jewish] elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas [to be released] and for Jesus to be killed.

Matthew 5:39

But I tell you, do not offer resistance to an evil person, but whoever hits you on the right side of the face, allow him [to hit you] on the other side also.

Acts 22:14

And he said [to me], ‘The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], and to hear His voice [speaking to you].

Acts 7:52

Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They [even] killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], whom you people betrayed and murdered.

Acts 8:32

Now the passage of Scripture he was reading said [Isa. 53:7ff], “He was led out to be slaughtered as a sheep; He made no sound, just like a lamb when it was being sheared.

Hebrews 10:38

And my [i.e., God’s] righteous person will [obtain] life by [his] faith [in God]. But if he turns back [from me], my soul is not pleased with him.”

James 2:6

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

James 4:2

You people desire something and yet do not have it, [so] you murder [to get it]. You are envious [of what someone has] and [yet] are not able to obtain it, [so] you fight and quarrel [over it]. You do not have [what you want] because you do not ask [God for it].

1 Peter 4:18

And if people who are trying to do right [i.e., Christians] are saved through [suffering] such difficulties, where will the ungodly and sinful person end up, [if not in hell]?