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He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.</title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/parallel/james/4-11.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new5.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/james/4-11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmstr/james/4-11.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="http://biblehub.com/tools.htm">Parallel</a> > James 4:11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../james/4-10.htm" title="James 4:10">◄</a> James 4:11 <a href="../james/4-12.htm" title="James 4:12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#classic" class="clickchap2" title="Classic Translations"> CLA </a> <a href="#literal" class="clickchap2" title="Literal Translations"> LIT </a> <a href="#catholic" class="clickchap2" title="Catholic Translations"> CAT </a> <a href="#aramaic" class="clickchap2" title="Translations from Aramaic"> ARA </a> <a href="#strongs" class="clickchap2" title="Parallel Strong's"> STR </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><b>Modern Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/james/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/james/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/james/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/james/4.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/james/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not speak against one another, brothers <i>and sisters.</i> The one who speaks against a brother <i>or sister,</i> or judges his brother <i>or sister,</i> 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 <i>of it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/james/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or 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 of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/james/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother, or 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 <i>of it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/james/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Believers, do not speak against <i>or</i> slander one another. He who speaks [self-righteously] against a brother or judges his brother [hypocritically], speaks against the Law and judges the Law. If you judge the Law, you are not a doer of the Law but a judge of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/james/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/james/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Don't criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/james/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My friends, don't say cruel things about others! If you do, or if you condemn others, you are condemning God's Law. And if you condemn the Law, you put yourself above the Law and refuse to obey either it <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/james/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Do not criticize one another, my friends. If you criticize or judge another Christian, you criticize and judge the Law. If you judge the Law, then you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/james/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Brothers and sisters, stop slandering each other. Those who slander and judge other believers slander and judge God's teachings. If you judge God's teachings, you are no longer following them. Instead, you are judging them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/james/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but its judge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/james/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.</div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/james/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of <i>his</i> brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/james/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/james/4.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/james/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Do not speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother or 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/james/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/james/4.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Speak not evil one of another, brothers. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/james/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/james/4.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Brethren, do not talk against one another. The one who talks against a brother, and judges his brother, is speaking against <i>the</i> law, and is judging the law. But if you judge <i>the</i> law, you are not a doer of <i>the</i> law; rather, <i>you</i> are a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/james/4.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/james/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/james/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/james/4.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />Speake not euill one of another, brethren. He that speaketh euill of his brother, or he that condemneth his brother, speaketh euill of ye Law, and condemneth the Lawe: and if thou condemnest the Lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the Lawe, but a iudge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/james/4.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />Backbite not one another brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that iudgeth his brother, backbiteth ye lawe, and iudgeth the lawe: But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe, but a iudge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/james/4.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Backbyte not one another, brethren. He that backbyteth his brother, and he yt iudgeth his brother, backbyteth the lawe, and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe: but a iudge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/tyndale/james/4.htm">Tyndale Bible of 1526</a></span><br />Backbyte not one another brethren. He that backbyteh hys brother and he that iudgeth his brother backbyteth the lawe and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou art not an observer of ye lawe: but a iudge.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/james/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not speak against one another, brothers; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, speaks against law, and judges law, and if you judge law, you are not a doer of law but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/james/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Do not speak against one another, brothers. The <i>one</i> speaking against <i>his</i> brother or judging his brother speaks against <i>the</i> Law and judges <i>the</i> Law. But if you judge <i>the</i> Law, you are not a doer of <i>the</i> Law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/james/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/james/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Speak not against one another, brethren. He speaking against a brother, and judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: and if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/let/james/4.htm">Literal Emphasis Translation</a></span><br />Do not speak against one another, brothers. The one speaking against his brother or judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law. And if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the judge, but rather a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/james/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/james/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/james/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Do not speak against each other, my brethren, for he who speaks against his brother or judges his brother speaks against The Written Law, and judges The Written Law; if you judge The Written Law, you are not a doer of the law, but its judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/james/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Do not speak against one another, my brethren, for he who speaks against his 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 of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/james/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Do not speak evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/james/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Do not calumniate one another, brethren: the one speaking against his brother, and judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/james/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Traduce not one another, brethren. He that traduceth his brother, and judgeth his brother, traduceth the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but as judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/james/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Don't, my brethren, treat one another with detraction, he that reflects upon his brother, and censures his brother, reflects upon the law, and censures the law: if you censure the law, instead of obeying it, you set up for a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/james/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/james/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law; but, if you judge <i>the</i> law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/james/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Speak not against one another, <i>my</i> brethren; he that speaketh against <i>his</i> brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/james/4.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80: adelphoi (N-VMP) -- A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.">Brothers,</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: Mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">do not</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635: katalaleite (V-PMA-2P) -- To speak evil of, rail at, slander. From katalalos; to be a traducer, i.e. To slander.">slander</a> <a href="/greek/240.htm" title="240: allēlōn (RecPro-GMP) -- One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.">one another.</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">Anyone who</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635: katalalōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To speak evil of, rail at, slander. From katalalos; to be a traducer, i.e. To slander.">speaks against</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80: adelphou (N-GMS) -- A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.">his brother</a> <a href="/greek/2228.htm" title="2228: ē (Conj) -- Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.">or</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919: krinōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.">judges</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80: adelphon (N-AMS) -- A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.">him</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635: katalalei (V-PIA-3S) -- To speak evil of, rail at, slander. From katalalos; to be a traducer, i.e. To slander.">speaks against</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551: nomou (N-GMS) -- From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.">the law</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919: krinei (V-PIA-3S) -- Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.">judges</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551: nomon (N-AMS) -- From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.">it.</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">And</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919: krineis (V-PIA-2S) -- Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.">you judge</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551: nomon (N-AMS) -- From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.">the law,</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ei (V-PIA-2S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">you are</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">not</a> <a href="/greek/4163.htm" title="4163: poiētēs (N-NMS) -- (a) a maker, poet, (b) a doer, carrier out, performer. From poieo; a performer; specially, a poet.">a practitioner</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551: nomou (N-GMS) -- From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.">of the law,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/2923.htm" title="2923: kritēs (N-NMS) -- A judge, magistrate, ruler. From krino; a judge.">a judge of it.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/james/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361. me (may) -- not, that...not, lest (used for qualified negation)">Speak not</a><a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of"> one against</a><a href="/greek/240.htm" title="240. allelon (al-lay'-lone) -- of one another"> another</a><a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80. adephos (ad-el-fos') -- a brother">, brethren</a><a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588. ho (ho) -- the">; he</a><a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of"> who is speaking against</a><a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80. adephos (ad-el-fos') -- a brother"> a brother</a><a href="/greek/2228.htm" title="2228. e (ay) -- or, than">, and</a><a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919. krino (kree'-no) -- to judge, decide"> is judging</a><a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846. autos (ow-tos') -- (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same"> his</a><a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80. adephos (ad-el-fos') -- a brother"> brother</a><a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of">, doth speak against</a><a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law"> law</a><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532. kai (kahee) -- and, even, also">, and</a><a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919. krino (kree'-no) -- to judge, decide"> doth judge</a><a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law"> law</a><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161. de (deh) -- but, and, now, (a connective or adversative particle)">, and</a><a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487. ei (i) -- forasmuch as, if, that"> if</a><a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law"> law</a><a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919. krino (kree'-no) -- to judge, decide"> thou dost judge</a><a href="/greek/1488.htm" title="1488. ei (i) -- art, be. ">, thou art</a><a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756. ou (oo) -- not, no"> not</a><a href="/greek/4163.htm" title="4163. poietes (poy-ay-tace') -- a maker, a doer"> a doer</a><a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law"> of law</a><a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235. alla (al-lah') -- otherwise, on the other hand, but"> but</a><a href="/greek/2923.htm" title="2923. krites (kree-tace') -- a judge"> a judge;</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/james/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="μή d- 3361">Don’t</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="καταλαλέω v- 2-p--pad 2635"> criticize</a> <a href="/greek/240.htm" title="ἀλλήλων rp -gpm- 240"> one another</a>, <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="ἀδελφός n- -vpm- 80"> brothers</a>. <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="ὁ ra -nsm- 3588">He</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="καταλαλέω v- -nsm-pap 2635"> who criticizes</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="ἀδελφός n- -gsm- 80"> a brother</a> <a href="/greek/2228.htm" title="ἤ c- 2228"> or</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="κρίνω v- -nsm-pap 2919"> judges</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="αὐτός rp -gsm- 846"> his</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="ἀδελφός n- -asm- 80"> brother</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="καταλαλέω v- 3-s--pai 2635"> criticizes</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="νόμος n- -gsm- 3551"> the law</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="καί c- 2532"> and</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="κρίνω v- 3-s--pai 2919"> judges</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="νόμος n- -asm- 3551"> the law</a>. <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="δέ c- 1161">But</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="εἰ c- 1487"> if</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="κρίνω v- 2-s--pai 2919"> you judge</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="νόμος n- -asm- 3551"> the law</a>, <a href="/greek/1488.htm" title="εἰμί v- 2-s--pai 1488">you are</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="οὐ d- 3756"> not</a> <a href="/greek/4163.htm" title="ποιητής n- -nsm- 4163"> a doer</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="νόμος n- -gsm- 3551"> of the law</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="ἀλλά c- 235"> but</a> <a href="/greek/2923.htm" title="κριτής n- -nsm- 2923"> a judge</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/james/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of">Do not speak</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of">against</a> <a href="/greek/240.htm" title="240. allelon (al-lay'-lone) -- of one another">one another,</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80. adephos (ad-el-fos') -- a brother">brethren.</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of">He who speaks against</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80. adephos (ad-el-fos') -- a brother">a brother</a> <a href="/greek/2228.htm" title="2228. e (ay) -- or, than">or</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919. krino (kree'-no) -- to judge, decide">judges</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80. adephos (ad-el-fos') -- a brother">his brother,</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of">speaks against</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law">the law</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919. krino (kree'-no) -- to judge, decide">and judges</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law">the law;</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487. ei (i) -- forasmuch as, if, that">but if</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919. krino (kree'-no) -- to judge, decide">you judge</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law">the law,</a> <a href="/greek/4163.htm" title="4163. poietes (poy-ay-tace') -- a maker, a doer">you are not a doer</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law">of the law</a> <a href="/greek/2923.htm" title="2923. krites (kree-tace') -- a judge">but a judge</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">[of it].</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/james/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of">Speak</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361. me (may) -- not, that...not, lest (used for qualified negation)">not</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of">evil</a> <a href="/greek/240.htm" title="240. allelon (al-lay'-lone) -- of one another">one of another,</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80. adephos (ad-el-fos') -- a brother">brethren.</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of">He that speaketh evil</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80. adephos (ad-el-fos') -- a brother">of [his] brother,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532. kai (kahee) -- and, even, also">and</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919. krino (kree'-no) -- to judge, decide">judgeth</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846. autos (ow-tos') -- (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same">his</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80. adephos (ad-el-fos') -- a brother">brother,</a> <a href="/greek/2635.htm" title="2635. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) -- to speak evil of">speaketh evil</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law">of the law,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532. kai (kahee) -- and, even, also">and</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919. krino (kree'-no) -- to judge, decide">judgeth</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law">the law:</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161. de (deh) -- but, and, now, (a connective or adversative particle)">but</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487. ei (i) -- forasmuch as, if, that">if</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919. krino (kree'-no) -- to judge, decide">thou judge</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law">the law,</a> <a href="/greek/1488.htm" title="1488. ei (i) -- art, be. ">thou art</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756. ou (oo) -- not, no">not</a> <a href="/greek/4163.htm" title="4163. poietes (poy-ay-tace') -- a maker, a doer">a doer</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551. nomos (nom'-os) -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law">of the law,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235. alla (al-lah') -- otherwise, on the other hand, but">but</a> <a href="/greek/2923.htm" title="2923. krites (kree-tace') -- a judge">a judge.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../james/4-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="James 4:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="James 4:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../james/4-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="James 4:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="James 4:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>