judge not, that you be not judged

English

Proverb

judge not, that you be not judged

  1. Alternative form of judge not, that ye be not judged.

Usage notes

  • The phrase comes from the King James Bible, which, however, has “ye” instead of “you”. Its translators would have considered the substitution of "you” for “ye” ungrammatical: at the time, the form “you” was used only in the oblique case (object case).
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