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Grieve, mourn,[a] and weep. Turn your laughter[b] into mourning and your joy into despair. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters.[c] He who speaks against a fellow believer[d] or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:9 tn This term and the following one are preceded by καί (kai) in the Greek text, but contemporary English generally uses connectives only between the last two items in such a series.
  2. James 4:9 tn Grk “let your laughter be turned.”
  3. James 4:11 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
  4. James 4:11 tn See note on the word “believer” in 1:9.
  5. James 4:11 tn Grk “a judge.”