James 5:9

James 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
• New International Version (NIV)Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!

Context of James 5:9

7Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. 8You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near. Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door! 10Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

James 5:9 word by word

μὴ στενάζετε, ἀδελφοί, κατ᾽ ἀλλήλων, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε· ἰδοὺ ὁ κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστηκεν.Read the interlinear

• Do notμήmē · notG3361
• complainστενάζωstenazō · to groanG4727
• aboutκατάkata · according toG2596
• one anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• brothersἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• so thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• you will not be judgedκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• Lookἰδούidou · look!G2400
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Judgeκριτήςkritēs · judgeG2923
• is standingἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• atπρόpro · beforeG4253
• doorθύραthura · doorG2374

Cross-references for James 5:9

• James 4:11Brothers, 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.
• Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
• Psalms 59:15They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
• Mark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
• 2 Corinthians 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
• Galatians 5:14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
• 1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
• Matthew 6:14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
• Matthew 7:1“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
• Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
• Matthew 24:33So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
• 1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
• Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

Commentaries on James 5:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Grudge not - · Groan not; grumble not; do not murmur through impatience; and let not any ill treatment which you receive, induce you to vent your feelings in imprecations against your oppressors. Leave all this in the hands of God. Lest ye be condemned - By giving way to a spirit of this kind, you will get under the condemnation of the wicked. The judge standeth before the door - His eye is upon every thing that is wrong in you, and every wrong that is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Grudge not one against another - Margin, “groan, grieve.” The Greek word ( ́ stenazō) means, “to sigh, to groan,” as of persons in distress, Romans 8:23; and then to sigh or groan through impatience, fretfulness, ill-humor; and hence “to murmur, to find fault, to complain.” The exact idea here is, not that of grudging in the sense of dissatisfaction with what others possess, or of being envious; it is that of being fretful and impatient - or, to use a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 Consider him that waits for a crop of corn; and will not you wait for a crown of glory? If you should be called to wait longer than the husbandman, is not there something more worth waiting for? In every sense the coming of the Lord drew nigh, and all his people's losses, hardships, and sufferings, would be repaid. Men count time long, because they measure it by their own lives; but all time is as nothing to God; it is as a moment. To…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9the Judge is standing at the door! Christ's arrival is close.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Grudge not--rather "Murmur not"; "grumble not." The Greek is literally, "groan": a half-suppressed murmur of impatience and harsh judgment, not uttered aloud or freely. Having exhorted them to patience in bearing wrongs from the wicked, he now exhorts them to a forbearing spirit as to the offenses given by brethren. Christians, who bear the former patiently, sometimes are impatient at the latter, though much less grievous. lest ... condemned--The best…Read the comment

Topics related to James 5:9

• Commandments
• Envy
• Jesus Continued
• Murmuring

In the dictionaries

• Convert
• Grudge
• Howl
• Maranatha
• Nourish
• Pitiful
• Tender
• Wanton
• Affliction
• Condemn; Condemnation

Commentaries on James 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings