Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Holman Bible
Who are you to criticize
International Standard Version
Who are you to criticize someone else's servant? He stands or falls before his own Lord and stand he will, because the Lord makes him stand.
American Standard Version
Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
Amplified
Who are you to judge the servant of another? Before his own master he stands [approved] or falls [out of favor]. And he [who serves the Master—the Lord] will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
An Understandable Version
Who [do you think] you are, to pass judgment on someone else's household servant? He stands [approved] or falls [into disapproval] before his own Master [only]. Yes, [surely] he will stand [approved], for the Lord is capable of helping him to stand.
Anderson New Testament
Who are you that judge another man's servant? To his own master he stands or falls; indeed, he shall stand, for God is able to make him stand.
Bible in Basic English
Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.
Common New Testament
Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for the Master is able to make him stand.
Daniel Mace New Testament
who art thou that judgest the domestick of another? his staying or removal depends solely upon his master: yea, he shall be fixed: for God is able to establish him.
Darby Translation
Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Godbey New Testament
Who art thou judging another man's servant? to his own master he stands or falls: but he shall stand; for God is able to make him stand.
Goodspeed New Testament
Who are you to criticize someone else's servant? It is for his own master to say whether he succeeds or fails; and he will succeed, for the Master can make him do so.
John Wesley New Testament
Who art thou that judgest another's servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be upheld; for God is able to establish him.
Julia Smith Translation
Who art thou judging another's servant? to his own lord he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand: for God is powerful to make him stand.
King James 2000
Who are you that judge another man's servant? to his own master he stands or falls. Yea, he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Who are you, who passes judgment on the domestic slave belonging to someone else? To his own master he stands or falls, and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Modern King James verseion
Who are you that judges another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. But he will stand, for God is able to make him stand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What art thou that judgest another man's servant? Whether he stand or fall, that pertaineth unto his master. Yea, he shall stand. For God is able to make him stand.
Moffatt New Testament
Who are you to criticize the servant of Another? It is for his Master to say whether he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Master has power to make him stand.
Montgomery New Testament
Who are you just that judges the household-servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And stand he will, for his Master has power to make him stand.
NET Bible
Who are you to pass judgment on another's servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
New Heart English Bible
Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for the Lord has power to make him stand.
Noyes New Testament
Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own lord he standeth or falleth; and he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Sawyer New Testament
Who are you that judge another man's servant? To his master he stands or falls; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
The Emphasized Bible
Who art, thou, that judgest another's domestic? To his own master, he standeth or falleth; he shall, however, be made to stand, - for his master is able to make him stand.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth; but he shall be established: for God is able to establish him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Who are you, that you should pass judgment on the servant of another? His standing or falling concerns his own master. And stand he will, for his Master can enable him to stand.
Webster
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth: and he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand.
Weymouth New Testament
Who are you that you should find fault with the servant of another? Whether he stands or falls is a matter which concerns his own master. But stand he will; for the Master can give him power to stand.
Williams New Testament
Who are you to criticize another man's servant? It is his own master's business whether he stands or falls, and he will stand, for the Lord has power to make him stand.
World English Bible
Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.
Worrell New Testament
Who are you that judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Worsley New Testament
Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own master he standeth or falleth: yea, he shall be established; for God is able to establish him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou -- who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
Themes
Charitableness » Judgment forbidden
Judgment » Not our prerogative
Topics
Interlinear
Krino
Allotrios
Idios
De
histemi
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 14:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Pass Judgment On One Another
3 The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him. 4 Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. 5 One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Cross References
John 10:28-30
And I give them eternal life, and they will, no, not perish into the age, and not any will snatch them out of my hand.
Romans 8:31-39
What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Romans 9:20
Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?
Romans 14:3
The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.
1 Corinthians 4:4-5
for I know nothing on myself. Yet I have not been made righteous in this, but he who appraises me is Lord.
James 4:11-12
Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge.
Deuteronomy 33:27-29
The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said, Destroy.
Psalm 17:5
My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped.
Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but LORD upholds the righteous.
Psalm 37:24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for LORD upholds him with his hand.
Psalm 37:28
For LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his sanctified. They are preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalm 119:116-117
Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength.
Acts 11:17
If then God gave to them the identical gift as also to us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, but what power was I to hinder God?
Romans 11:23
And also those, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to establish you according to my good-news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to a revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for eternal times,
Hebrews 7:25
Whereupon he is able also to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, being always alive in order to intercede on their behalf.
1 Peter 1:5
men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep them non-stumbling, and to present before his glory, unblemished in gladness,