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James 4:9-11
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
James 4:9-11
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
9 Be miserable[a] and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection[b]. 10 Humble-yourselves[c] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
So Do Not Be Speaking Against Or Judging One Another
11 Do not be speaking-against one another, brothers. The one speaking-against a brother or judging his brother is speaking-against the Law and judging the Law. But if you are judging the Law, you are not a doer of the Law, but a judge.
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- James 4:9 Or, Lament.
- James 4:9 Or, gloominess, depression.
- James 4:10 Or, Be humbled.
James 4:9-11
New International Version
James 4:9-11
New International Version
9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.(A) 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(B)
11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.(C) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[a] or judges them(D) speaks against the law(E) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,(F) but sitting in judgment on it.
Footnotes
- James 4:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.
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