James 4:1 (NKJV)

James 4:11 - 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.

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KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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 judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

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.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters.[fn] 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.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[fn] 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.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.[fn] 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.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer[fn] defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

Do not speak^G2635 against^G2635 one^G240 another^G240, brothers^G80 and sisters. The one who speaks^G2635 against^G2635 a brother^G80 or sister, or^G2228 judges^G2919 his brother^G80 or sister, speaks^G2635 against^G2635 the law^G3551 and judges^G2919 the law^G3551; but if^G1487 you judge^G2919 the law^G3551, you are not a doer^G4163 of the law^G3551 but a judge^G2923 of it.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

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.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

Do not slander^G2635 one^G240 another^G240, brothers^G80. He who slanders a brother^G80 or^G2228 judges^G2919 his brother^G80, slanders^G2635 the law^G3551 and judges^G2919 the law^G3551; but if^G1487 you judge^G2919 the law^G3551, you are not a doer^G4163 of the law^G3551 but a judge^G2923 of it.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

Believers, do not speak against or slander one another. He who speaks [self-righteously] against a brother or [fn]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.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

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.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

Do not speak evil against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil 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.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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;

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

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.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

nolite detrahere de alterutrum fratres qui detrahit fratri aut qui iudicat fratrem suum detrahit legi et iudicat legem si autem iudicas legem non es factor legis sed iudex

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

وَيَا إِخْوَتِي، لَا تَذُمُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً. فَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ هَذَا وَيَحْكُمْ عَلَى أَخِيهِ، يَطْعَنْ فِي شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ وَيَحْكُمْ عَلَيْهَا. فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَحْكُمُ عَلَى الشَّرِيعَةِ، لَا تَكُونُ عَامِلاً بِها بَلْ تَجْعَلُ نَفْسَكَ قَاضِياً لَهَا.

MGNTMGNT (read chapter in MGNT)

μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἢ κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής

TRTR (read chapter in TR)

Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ καὶ κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον· εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

لاَ يَذُمَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ. الَّذِي يَذُمُّ أَخَاهُ وَيَدِينُ أَخَاهُ يَذُمُّ النَّامُوسَ وَيَدِينُ النَّامُوسَ. وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَدِينُ النَّامُوسَ، فَلَسْتَ عَامِلاً بِالنَّامُوسِ، بَلْ دَيَّانًا لَهُ.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Hermanos, no murmuréis los unos de los otros. El que murmura del hermano, y juzga á su hermano, este tal murmura de la ley, y juzga á la ley; pero si tú juzgas á la ley, no eres guardador de la ley, sino juez.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Hermanos, no murmuréis los unos de los otros. El que murmura del hermano y juzga a su hermano, murmura de la ley y juzga a la ley; pero si tú juzgas a la ley, no eres hacedor de la ley, sino juez.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

弟兄們、你們不可彼此批評．人若批評弟兄、論斷弟兄、就是批評律法、論斷律法．你若論斷律法、就不是遵行律法、乃是判斷人的。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Hermanos, no habléis mal los unos de los otros. El que habla mal de su hermano o juzga a su hermano habla mal de la ley y juzga a la ley. Y si tú juzgas a la ley, entonces no eres hacedor de la ley, sino juez.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

형제들아 피차에 비방하지 말라 형제를 비방하는 자나 형제를 판단하는 자는 곧 율법을 비방하고 율법을 판단하는 것이라 네가 만일 율법을 판단하면 율법의 준행자가 아니요 재판자로다

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Ne parlez point mal les uns des autres, frères. Celui qui parle mal d'un frère, ou qui juge son frère, parle mal de la loi et juge la loi. Or, si tu juges la loi, tu n'es pas observateur de la loi, mais tu en es juge.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Afterredet nicht untereinander, liebe Brüder. Wer seinem Bruder afterredet und richtet seinen Bruder, der afterredet dem Gesetz und richtet das Gesetz. Richtest du aber das Gesetz, so bist du nicht ein Täter des Gesetzes, sondern ein Richter.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Не злословьте друг друга, братия: кто злословит брата или судит брата своего, того злословит закон и судит закон; а если ты судишь закон, то ты не исполнитель закона, но судья.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Hermanos, no murmuréis los unos de los otros; el que murmura del hermano, y juzga a su hermano, este tal murmura de la Ley, y juzga a la Ley; y si tú juzgas a la Ley, no eres guardador de la Ley, sino juez.

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