9 Don't grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
9 Friends, don't complain about each other. A far greater complaint could be lodged against you, you know. The Judge is standing just around the corner.
9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!
9 Don't grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look-the Judge is standing at the door!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on James 5:9
Commentary on James 5:7-11
(Read James 5:7-11)
Consider him that waits for a crop of corn; and will not you wait for a crown of glory? If you should be called to wait longer than the husbandman, is not there something more worth waiting for? In every sense the coming of the Lord drew nigh, and all his people's losses, hardships, and sufferings, would be repaid. Men count time long, because they measure it by their own lives; but all time is as nothing to God; it is as a moment. To short-lived creatures a few years seem an age; but Scripture, measuring all things by the existence of God, reckons thousands of years but so many days. God brought about things in Job's case, so as plainly to prove that he is very pitiful and of tender mercy. This did not appear during his troubles, but was seen in the event, and believers now will find a happy end to their trials. Let us serve our God, and bear our trials, as those who believe that the end will crown all. Our eternal happiness is safe if we trust to him: all else is mere vanity, which soon will be done with for ever.