James 4:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² There is one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you that you judge your neighbor?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² One only is the Lawgiver and Judge Who is able to save and to destroy [the One Who has the absolute power of life and death]. [But you] who are you that [you presume to] pass judgment on your neighbor?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

Common English Bible

¹² There is only one lawgiver and judge, and he is able to save and to destroy. But you who judge your neighbor, who are you?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² There is one lawgiver and one judge. He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.

James 4:12 Cross References

Job 38:2

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ruler, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

Matthew 10:28

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 12:5

But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him!

Romans 14:13

Then let us no more pass judgment on one another, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

Romans 14:4

Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Master is able to make him stand.

Romans 2:1

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are, when you judge another; for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.

Romans 9:20

But who are you, a man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me thus?”

Hebrews 7:25

Consequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

James 5:9

Do not grumble, brethren, against one another, that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the doors.

1 Samuel 25:10

And Nabal answered David's servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who are breaking away from their masters.