James 2:6

“But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for James 2:6

But yee haue despised the poore. Doe not rich men oppresse you, and draw you before the Iudgement seats?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?
- New American Standard Version (1995)

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
- American Standard Version (1901)

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
- Basic English Bible

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

But *ye* have despised the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and [do not] *they* drag you before [the] tribunals?
- Darby Bible

But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? and do not they draw you before the judgment seats?
- Douay-Rheims Bible

But ye have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
- English Revised Version

But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for James 2:6

Wesley's Notes for James 2:6


2:6 Do not the rich often oppress you - By open violence; often drag you - Under colour of law.



People's Bible Notes for James 2:6


Jas 2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Those whom God accepts you reject. Do not rich men oppress you? The oppressors of the poor are usually the rich. They are the money lenders, those who bring suit for debt, and hence draw the poor before the judgment seats. Perhaps also there is an allusion to the fact that they were the persecutors.

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