James 2:6
World English Bible (WEB)
But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
In context
4 haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
7 Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
8 However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
James 2:6 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
- KJV King James Version
- But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- ASV American Standard Version
- But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But ye have despised the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and [do not] they drag you before [the] tribunals?
- WBS Webster Bible
- But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment-seats?