James 4:12 - Catholic Public Domain Version There is one lawgiver and one judge. He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free. Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) 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 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver. English Standard Version 2016 There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? |
For the Lord is our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver. The Lord is our king. He himself will save us.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But instead fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.
But I will reveal to you whom you should fear. Fear him who, after he will have killed, has the power to cast into Hell. So I say to you: Fear him.
Therefore, we should no longer judge one another. Instead, judge this to a greater extent: that you should not place an obstacle before your brother, nor lead him astray.
Who are you to judge the servant of another? He stands or falls by his own Lord. But he shall stand. For God is able to make him stand.
For this reason, O man, each one of you who judges is inexcusable. For by that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you do the same things that you judge.
O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: "Why have you made me this way?"
And for this reason, he is able, continuously, to save those who approach God through him, since he is ever alive to make intercession on our behalf.
Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
But Nabal, responding to the servants of David, said: "Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Today, servants who are fleeing from their lords are increasing.