Parallel Verses
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!
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
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].
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.
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 And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord's Coming is near. 9 Do not make complaints against one another, Brothers, or judgment will be passed upon you. The Judge is already standing at the door! 10 Brothers, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the Prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Cross References
Matthew 24:33
And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait till the Lord comes. He will throw light upon what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in men's minds; and then every one will receive due praise from God.
James 4:11
Do not disparage one another, Brothers. He who disparages his Brother, or passes judgment on his Brother, disparages the Law and passes judgment on the Law. But, if you pass judgment on the Law, you are not obeying it, but judging it.
1 Peter 4:5
But they will have to answer for their conduct to him who is ready to judge both the living and the dead.
Matthew 6:14-15
For, if you forgive others their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;
Matthew 7:1-2
Do not judge, that you may not be judged.
Mark 6:19
So Herodias was incensed against John, and wanted to put him to death, but was unable to do so,
Mark 13:29
And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that he is at your doors.
1 Corinthians 10:11
These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come.
2 Corinthians 9:7
Let every one give as he has determined before hand, not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves 'a cheerful giver.'
Galatians 5:14
Indeed, the whole Law has been summed up in this one precept- -'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'
Galatians 5:26
Do not let us grow vain, and provoke or envy one another.
1 Peter 4:9
Never grudge hospitality to one another.
Revelation 3:20
I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will go in, and will feast with him, and he shall feast with me.