Romans 2:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Διὸ ἀναπολόγητος εἶ, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, πᾶς ὁ κρίνων: ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίνεις τὸν ἕτερον, σεαυτὸν κατακρίνεις· τὰ γὰρ αὐτὰ πράσσεις ὁ κρίνων.

Transliteration

Dio anapologētos ei, O anthrōpe, every ho krinōn: for in what you krineis the heteron, seauton you katakrineis; for the same things you prasseis ho krinōn.

Grammar Details

• *Dio*: conjunction (διὸ) - therefore/wherefore (from διά + ὅ)
• *anapologētos*: adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - without excuse/defense
• *ei*: verb, present indicative, 2nd person singular - you are
• *anthrōpe*: noun, vocative, masculine, singular - man/person
• *ho krinōn*: article + participle, present active, nominative, masculine, singular - the one judging
• *krineis*: verb, present indicative, 2nd person singular - you judge
• *heteron*: adjective used as noun, accusative, masculine, singular - the other/another
• *seauton*: reflexive pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - yourself
• *katakrineis*: verb, present indicative, 2nd person singular - you condemn
• *prasseis*: verb, present indicative, 2nd person singular - you do/practice

Word Meanings

• *Dio*: therefore/for this reason/consequently
• *anapologētos*: without excuse/indefensible/inexcusable
• *anthrōpe*: human/man/person
• *krinōn*: judging/discerning/evaluating/condemning
• *heteron*: other/another/different one
• *katakrineis*: condemn/judge against/pronounce guilty
• *prasseis*: practice/perform/do repeatedly

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein {G3739} thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Therfore arte thou inexcusable o man whosoever thou be yt iudgest. For in ye same wherin thou iudgest another thou condemnest thy selfe. For thou that iudgest doest eve the same selfe thinges

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore canst thou not excuse thyselfe (O ma) who soeuer thou be that iudgest: for loke wherin thou iudgest another, thou condemnest thy selfe, in so moch as thou that iudgest, doest euen the same.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoeuer thou art that condemnest: for in that that thou condemnest another, thou condemnest thy selfe: for thou that condemnest, doest the same things.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therefore art thou inexcusable, O ma, whosoeuer thou be that iudgest. For in that same wherin thou iudgest another, thou condempnest thy self. For thou that iudgest, doest euen ye selfe same thynges.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man -- every one who is judging -- for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Condemnation of the Moralist Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 2:3 : 3 And do you think this, O man, who judges those who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?
• 2 Sam 12:5-7 : 5 David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die. 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no pity. 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
• Luke 6:37 : 37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven:
• John 8:7-9 : 7 So when they continued asking him, he stood up and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first throw a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And those who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest, even to the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the middle.
• Matt 7:1-5 : 1 Do not judge, so that you will not be judged. 2 For with the same judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you again. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and behold, a plank is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
• Ps 50:16-20 : 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you. 18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
• Rom 2:21-23 : 21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? 23 You who make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God?
• Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
• Jas 4:11 : 11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
• 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
• Jas 2:20 : 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
• Matt 23:29-31 : 29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
• Luke 19:22 : 22 And he said to him, Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.
• Rom 1:18-20 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because what may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it to them. 20 For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
• Rom 2:26-27 : 26 Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27 And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?