Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Do not complain against one another, brothers, so that you will not [have to] be judged [and condemned for it]. Look, the Judge [i.e., Christ] is standing at the door! [See verse 8].
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Holman Bible
Brothers, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!
International Standard Version
Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door!
A Conservative Version
Do not grumble, brothers, against each other, so that ye not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors.
American Standard Version
Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
Amplified
Do not complain against one another, believers, so that you will not be judged [for it]. Look! The Judge is standing
Anderson New Testament
Indulge not in complaints against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.
Bible in Basic English
Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
Common New Testament
Do not grumble, brethren, against one another, that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
Daniel Mace New Testament
don't repine, my brethren, against one another, for fear you should be condemn'd. behold, the judge is at the gate.
Darby Translation
Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
Godbey New Testament
Do not complain against one another, brethren, in order that you may not be judged: behold, the judge stands before the doors.
Goodspeed New Testament
Do not complain of one another, brothers, or you will be judged. The judge is standing right at the door!
John Wesley New Testament
Murmur not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned; behold the judge standeth before the door.
Julia Smith Translation
Groan not against one another, brethren, that ye be not condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.
King James 2000
Murmur not one against another, brethren, lest you be judged: behold, the judge stands before the door.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Brothers, do not complain against one another, in order that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors!
Modern King James verseion
Do not grudge against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge stands before the door.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be damned. Behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Moffatt New Testament
Do not murmur against one another, brothers, lest you are judged; look, the Judge is standing at the very door!
Montgomery New Testament
Do not make complaints against each other, brothers, lest you yourselves be condemned. Behold the Judge is standing before the very door!
NET Bible
Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
New Heart English Bible
Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
Noyes New Testament
Murmur not against each other, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door.
Sawyer New Testament
Complain not, brothers, against one another, that you be not judged; behold, the judge stands before the doors.
The Emphasized Bible
Be not sighing, brethren, one against another, lest ye be judged, - Lo! the Judge, before the doors, is standing.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest be ye condemned: lo! the judge standeth at the gates.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do not make complaints against one another, Brothers, or judgment will be passed upon you. The Judge is already standing at the door!
Webster
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Weymouth New Testament
Do not cry out in condemnation of one another, brethren, lest you come under judgement. I tell you that the Judge is standing at the door.
Williams New Testament
Stop muttering against one another, brothers, so as to keep from being judged yourselves. Look! The Judge is standing at the very door.
World English Bible
Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
Worrell New Testament
Murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye be not judged: behold, The Judge has taken His stand before the doors!
Worsley New Testament
Repine not, my brethren, against each other, that ye be not condemned: behold, the judge is at the door.
Youngs Literal Translation
murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 5:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Exhortation To Patience
8 [So], you people should be patient also; strengthen your hearts because the Lord's coming is near [Note: This may refer to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, or to Christ's final coming and judgment]. 9 Do not complain against one another, brothers, so that you will not [have to] be judged [and condemned for it]. Look, the Judge [i.e., Christ] is standing at the door! [See verse 8]. 10 Brothers, take the [Old Testament] prophets, who spoke in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, as your examples of suffering and patience.
Cross References
Matthew 24:33
In the same way also, when you see all these things happening, you [should] know that He [i.e., Jesus] is as near as your [front] door.
1 Corinthians 4:5
So, do not judge anything until the appointed time, when the Lord returns [i.e., to do the judging]. He will both shed light on the hidden things done in the dark and make known the motives of people's hearts. Then each person [i.e., who deserves it] will receive praise from God.
James 4:11
Do not slander one another, brothers, [for] the person who speaks against his brother, or judges him, is [guilty of] speaking against the law [of God]. But when you judge the law, you are not obeying it but acting as its judge.
1 Peter 4:5
But, they will have to answer to God, who will judge both those who are now alive and those who have already died, [for the way they have lived].
Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive the wrongs people have done [to you], your heavenly Father will also forgive the wrongs you have done [to Him].
Matthew 7:1-2
"Do not pass [condemning] judgment [on other people] so that you do not receive such judgment [on yourselves].
Mark 6:19
Now [because of this] Herodias had a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but had not been able to.
Mark 13:29
In the same way also, when you see these things happening, you [should] know that He [i.e., Jesus] is as near as your [front] door.
1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these events happened to those people as examples [to us], and they were written as warnings to us, to whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. [Note: This refers to past ages concluding with the coming of Christ in that day].
2 Corinthians 9:7
Each person should give what he has decided to in his heart, not grudgingly, nor out of a feeling that he has to, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Galatians 5:14
For the whole law of Moses can be fulfilled by [obeying this] one requirement [Lev. 19:18]: "You should love your neighbor the way you love yourself."
Galatians 5:26
We should avoid foolish pride as well as provoking or envying one another.
1 Peter 4:9
Extend hospitality to one another without complaining [that you have to].
Revelation 3:20
Look, I am standing at [your] door and knocking; if anyone hears my voice [i.e., the sound of my knocking], and opens the door, I will [surely] come in to him and eat with him and he [will eat] with me.