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James 4:12
There is one lawgiver and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.
James 4:12 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
James 4:12 in other translations
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
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In context
9 Be afflicted and mourn and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into sorrow.
10 Be humbled in the sight of the Lord: and he will exalt you.
11 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.
12 There is one lawgiver and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.
13 But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year and will traffic and make our gain.
14 Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.
15 For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will, and, If we shall live, we will do this or that.
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