James 5:9 BSB — MannaFest

James 5:9

Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

BSB

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ASV

Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Ishodad of Merv

COMMENTARIES (850)

James means that we should stop mocking the poor and doing them harm, complaining about them at the same time, because we shall be judged according to our cruelty and condemned by the righteous judge.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(3.) The danger of our being condemned when the Judge appears should excite us to mind our duty as before laid down: Grudge not, lest you be condemned. Fretfulness and discontent expose us to the just judgment of God, and we bring more calamities upon ourselves by our murmuring, distrustful, envious groans and grudgings against one another, than we are aware of.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Grudge not one against another - Margin, “groan, grieve.” The Greek word (στενάζω stenazō) means, “to sigh, to groan,” as of persons in distress, Rom 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 common word which more exactly expresses the sense that of grumbling.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μὴ	mē	Not	G3361 →
στενάζετε,	stenazete	do grumble	G4727 →
ἀδελφοί,	adelphoi	brothers	G80 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	against	G2596 →
ἀλλήλων,	allēlōn	one another	G240 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
κριθῆτε·	krithēte	you may be judged;	G2919 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	Behold	G2400 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κριτὴς	kritēs	Judge	G2923 →
πρὸ	pro	before	G4253 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
θυρῶν	thurōn	doors	G2374 →
ἕστηκεν.	hestēken	has been stood.	G2476 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
leads to
- Matthew 22:39–40
  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Romans 13:9
  The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Mark 12:31–34
  The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
- Luke 10:27–37
  He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Galatians 5:14
  The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Through
Galatians 5:14
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
leads to
- Matthew 7:12
  In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
- Leviticus 19:18
  Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Through
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore 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…
leads to
- James 5:7
  Be 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.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About James

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About James