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OET (OET-LV) Not be_groaning, brothers, against one_another, in_order_that not you_all_may_be_judged.
Behold, the judge before the doors has_stood.
OET (OET-RV) And don’t moan about each other, my fellow believers, so that you all won’t be judged for it, because truly, the judge is just outside about to come in the doors.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀδελφοί
brothers
See how you translated the term brothers in 1:2. Alternate translation: [my fellow believers]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
μὴ κριθῆτε
not not ˱you_all˲_/may_be/_judged
If your language does not use this passive form, you can express this with an active form, and you can state who would do the action. Alternate translation: [God may not judge you]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἰδοὺ, ὁ κριτὴς
behold the judge
The term Behold focuses the attention of a listener or reader on what a speaker or writer is about to say. Alternate translation: [Be aware that the judge]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ὁ κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστηκεν
the judge before the doors /has/_stood
James is comparing Jesus to a judge who is just about to walk into a courtroom. Alternate translation: [Jesus will soon return and judge everyone for what they have done]
5:9 the Judge is standing at the door! The coming of Christ is imminent.
OET (OET-LV) Not be_groaning, brothers, against one_another, in_order_that not you_all_may_be_judged.
Behold, the judge before the doors has_stood.
OET (OET-RV) And don’t moan about each other, my fellow believers, so that you all won’t be judged for it, because truly, the judge is just outside about to come in the doors.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.