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James 4:12

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

KJV

εἷς ἐστιν ὁ νομοθέτης καὶ κριτής, ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι· σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ, ὁ κρίνων τὸν πλησίον;

Greek NT

Unus est legislator et judex, qui potest perdere et liberare.

Vulgate

One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

ASV

There is one lawgiver and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
κριτής
krites
noun · 19×
νομοθέτης
nomothetes
noun · 1×
πλησίον
plesion
adverb · 17×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
σώζω
sozo
verb · 106×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἐστιν | WH: ἐστιν | Treg/NIV/RP: + ὁ
  • ἐστινSBLGNT
  • ἐστινWestcott-Hort
  • + ὁTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ κριτής | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ κριτής
  • καὶ κριτήςSBLGNT
  • καὶ κριτήςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὁ κρίνων | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁ κρίνων | RP: ὃς κρίνεις
  • ὁ κρίνωνSBLGNT
  • ὁ κρίνωνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὃς κρίνειςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πλησίον | WH/Treg/NIV: πλησίον | RP: ἕτερον
  • πλησίονSBLGNT
  • πλησίονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἕτερονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Eph 3:20 — Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Heb 7:25 — Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
  • Isa 33:22 — For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
  • Isa 33:22 — For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
  • Jas 5:9 — Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
  • Job 38:2 — Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
  • Luke 12:5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
  • Matt 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Matt 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Rom 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
  • Rom 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
  • Rom 14:4 — 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.
  • Rom 14:13 — Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.