Parallel Verses
King James 2000
You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.
New American Standard Bible
You have condemned and
King James Version
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Holman Bible
You have condemned—you have murdered—the righteous man; he does not resist you.
International Standard Version
You have condemned and murdered the one who is righteous, even though he did not rebel against you.
A Conservative Version
Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the righteous man. He is not hostile to you.
American Standard Version
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one ; he doth not resist you.
Amplified
You have condemned and have put to death the righteous man; he offers you no resistance.
An Understandable Version
You have condemned and murdered the righteous man [i.e., the innocent person, See verse 4] and he does not [even] resist you.
Anderson New Testament
You have condemned and killed the Just One: and he does not set himself against you.
Bible in Basic English
You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.
Common New Testament
You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
you have condemn'd the just, you have put him to death, though he did not oppose you.
Darby Translation
ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you.
Godbey New Testament
You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.
Goodspeed New Testament
You have condemned and murdered the upright. Will he make no resistance?
John Wesley New Testament
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just: he doth not resist you.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just one; and he resists you not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous [person]; he does not resist you.
Modern King James verseion
You have condemned and murdered the just; he does not resist you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye have condemned and have killed the just, and he hath not resisted you.
Moffatt New Testament
you have condemned, you have murdered the righteous ??unresisting.
Montgomery New Testament
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous man unresisting!
NET Bible
You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.
New Heart English Bible
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
Noyes New Testament
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just man; he doth not resist you.
Sawyer New Testament
You have condemned and killed the just, and he does not resist you.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye sentenced - ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against you?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye have falsely condemned, ye have murdered the just man; nor doth he resist you.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You have condemned, you have murdered, the Righteous One! Must not God be opposed to you?
Webster
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Weymouth New Testament
You have condemned--you have murdered-- the righteous man: he offers no resistance.
Williams New Testament
You have condemned and murdered the upright man; he offers no resistance.
World English Bible
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.
Worrell New Testament
Ye condemned, ye killed the righteous one; he does not resist you.
Worsley New Testament
Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the just one, who resisted you not.
Youngs Literal Translation
ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 5:6
Prayers for James 5:6
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Context Readings
Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others
5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you. 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.
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Cross References
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
Matthew 5:39
But I say unto you, That you resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 21:38
But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize his inheritance.
Matthew 23:34-35
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Matthew 26:53-54
Think you that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
Matthew 27:20
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Matthew 27:24-25
When Pilate saw that he could gain nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see you to it.
Luke 22:51-53
And Jesus answered and said, No more of this. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
John 16:2-3
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.
John 19:9-11
And went again into the judgment hall, and said unto Jesus, From where are you? But Jesus gave him no answer.
Acts 2:22-23
You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know:
Acts 3:14-15
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
Acts 4:10-12
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him does this man stand here before you whole.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Acts 8:32
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
Acts 13:27-28
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets who are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Acts 22:14
And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see that Just One, and should hear the voice of his mouth.
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
James 2:6
But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judges?
James 4:2
You lust, and have not: you kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: you fight and war, yet you have not, because you ask not.
1 Peter 2:22-23
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: