New American Standard Bible 2020
James 4:8-12
81ComeG1448 closeG1448 to GodG2316 and He will comeG1448 closeG1448 to you. 2CleanseG2511 your handsG5495, you sinnersG268; and 3purifyG48 your heartsG2588, you 45double-mindedG1374. 96Be miserableG5003, and mournG3996, and weepG2799; let your laughterG1071 be turnedG3346 into mourningG3997, and your joyG5479 into gloomG2726. 107HumbleG5013 yourselves inG1799 theG1799 presenceG1799 ofG1799 the LordG2962, and He will exaltG5312 you.
118Do not speakG2635 againstG2635 oneG240 anotherG240, 9brothersG80 and sisters. The one who speaksG2635 againstG2635 a brotherG80 or sister, orG2228 10judgesG2919 his brotherG80 or sister, speaksG2635 againstG2635 11the lawG3551 and judgesG2919 the lawG3551; but ifG1487 you judgeG2919 the lawG3551, you are not 12a doerG4163 of the lawG3551 but a judgeG2923 of it. 12There is only oneG1520 13LawgiverG3550 and JudgeG2923, the One who is 14ableG1410 to saveG4982 and to destroyG622; but 15whoG5101 are you, 16judgingG2919 your neighborG4139?
Notes
- 1. James 4:8 2 Chr 15:2; Zech 1:3; Mal 3:7; Heb 7:19 ↩
- 2. James 4:8 Job 17:9; Is 1:16; 1 Tim 2:8 ↩
- 3. James 4:8 Jer 4:14; James 3:17; 1 Pet 1:22; 1 John 3:3 ↩
- 4. James 4:8 I.e., chronic doubters ↩
- 5. James 4:8 James 1:8 ↩
- 6. James 4:9 Neh 8:9; Prov 14:13; Luke 6:25 ↩
- 7. James 4:10 Job 5:11; Ezek 21:26; Luke 1:52; James 4:6 ↩
- 8. James 4:11 2 Cor 12:20; James 5:9; 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
- 9. James 4:11 James 1:16; 5:7, 9, 10 ↩
- 10. James 4:11 Matt 7:1; Rom 14:4 ↩
- 11. James 4:11 James 2:8 ↩
- 12. James 4:11 James 1:22 ↩
- 13. James 4:12 Is 33:22; James 5:9 ↩
- 14. James 4:12 Matt 10:28 ↩
- 15. James 4:12 Rom 14:4 ↩
- 16. James 4:12 Lit the one judging ↩
Commentaries on James 4
- 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
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