James 2:9 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

English ASV

but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

English Amplified

But if you show servile regard (prejudice, favoritism) for people, you commit sin and are rebuked and convicted by the Law as violators and offenders.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But if you show servile regard (prejudice, favoritism) for people, you commit sin and are rebuked and convicted by the Law as violators and offenders.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If, however, you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

English EASY 2024

But if you are kind to some people and you are not kind to others, then you are doing a bad thing. God's Law shows that you are wrong.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But if you are treating one person as more important than another, you are sinning. You are guilty of breaking God's law.

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But if you treat people according to their outward appearance, you are guilty of sin, and the Law condemns you as a lawbreaker.

English God's Word - GW 1995

If you favor one person over another, you're sinning, and this law convicts you of being disobedient.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

English KJV 1611

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

English LSB

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as sinners.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But you sin if you don't treat everyone the same. The law judges you because you have broken it.

English NIV

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.

English NKJ 1982

but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

English NLT

But if you pay special attention to the rich, you are committing a sin, for you are guilty of breaking that law.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

But when you show prejudice you commit sin and you violate this royal law of love!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But you are breaking this law of our Lord's when you favor the rich and fawn over them; it is sin.

English Tyndale 1537

but if ye regard one person more than another, ye commit sin, and are rebuked of the law as transgressors.

James 2:9 — Compare Translations