James 4:12
KJV:
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
BSB:
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
Greek:
εἷς ἐστιν νομοθέτης καὶ κριτὴς δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι· σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ κρίνων τὸν πλησίον;¶
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Translation Greek Transliteration [morphology] Texts
One εἷς heis A-NSM NKO
there is ἐστιν estin V-PAI-3S NKO
<the> ho T-NSM NKO
Lawgiver νομοθέτης nomothetēs N-NSM NKO
and καὶ kai CONJ NO
Judge 1 κριτὴς kritēs N-NSM NO
who ho T-NSM NKO
is being able δυνάμενος dunamenos V-PNP-NSM NKO
to save σῶσαι sōsai V-AAN NKO
and καὶ kai CONJ NKO
to destroy; ἀπολέσαι· apolesai V-AAN NKO
You yourself σὺ su P-2NS NKO
however δὲ de CONJ no
who τίς tis I-NSM NKO
are εἶ ei V-PAI-2S NKO
you who [are] 2 ho T-VSM N(k)O
judging 3 κρίνων krinōn V-PAP-VSM N(k)O
the τὸν ton T-ASM NKO
neighbour? 4 5 πλησίον;¶ plēsion ADV N(K)O

Word Types and Editions

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  1. Extra Text: καὶ κριτὴς (kai kritēs) 'and Judge' is only in older manuscripts (NA28+NA27+Tyn+SBL+WH+Treg) 

  2. who | ὃς | hos R-NSM | TR+Byz 

  3. you judge | κρίνεις | krineis V-PAI-2S | TR+Byz 

  4. Variant: ἕτερον (heteron) 'another' occurs in traditional manuscripts (TR+Byz) instead of πλησίον;¶ (plēsion) 'neighbour?' in older manuscripts (NA28+NA27+Tyn+SBL+WH+Treg) 

  5. another | ἕτερον | heteron A-ASM | TR+Byz