James 4:12
World English Bible (WEB)
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
In context
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
12 Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
14 Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
James 4:12 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
- KJV King James Version
- There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou — who art thou that dost judge the other?
- DBY Darby Translation
- One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?
- WBS Webster Bible
- There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?