Behold, I know your thoughts,\par\tab And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
James 2:4 - American Standard Version 2015 do ye not then make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Are you not discriminating among your own and becoming critics and judges with wrong motives? American Standard Version (1901) do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Common English Bible Wouldn’t you have shown favoritism among yourselves and become evil-minded judges? Catholic Public Domain Version are you not judging within yourselves, and have you not become judges with unjust thoughts? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do you not judge within yourselves, and are become judges of unjust thoughts? |
Behold, I know your thoughts,\par\tab And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
That respecteth not the persons of princes,\par\tab Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor;\par\tab For they all are the work of his hands.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,\par\tab To save him from them that judge his soul.
{\b For the Chief Musician; {\i set to} Al-tashheth. {\i A Psalm} of David. Michtam.}\par\par\tab Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness?\par\tab Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
How long will ye judge unjustly,\par\tab And respect the persons of the wicked? {\i Selah
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.\par
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.}\par
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
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.