James 5:9

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⁷ Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

⁸ Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

¹⁰ Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

¹¹ Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
KJV: Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
WEB: Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
ASV: Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
DARBY: Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
BLB: Do not groan against one another, brothers, so that you⁺ might not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the doors.

ÅB: Sukk ikke mot hverandre, brødre, for at dere ikke skal dømmes! Se, dommeren står for døren.
OTB: Klag ikke mot hverandre, brødre og søstre, så dere ikke blir dømt. Se, Dommeren står ved døren.
B1930: Sukk ikke mot hverandre, brødre, forat I ikke skal dømmes! Se, dommeren står for døren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
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James 4:11
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.
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Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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Matthew 7:1–2
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
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1 Peter 4:9
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
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Matthew 6:14–15
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
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Matthew 24:33
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
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