James 5:1 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Pay attention to this if you're rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

ASV:

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

BBE:

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

DBY:

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.

ERV:

Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

WEY:

Come, you rich men, weep aloud and howl for your sorrows which will soon be upon you.

WBS:

Come now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

WEB:

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

YLT:

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;

James 5:1 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 13:6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 15:3 In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; On their housetops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears.

Ezekiel 30:2 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Wail, 'Alas for the day!'

Luke 6:24 "But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.

1 Timothy 6:9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

James 4:13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:1 Go {1} to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].
(1) He denounces utter destruction to the wicked and profane rich men, and such as are drowned in their riotousness, mocking their foolish confidence when there is nothing indeed more vain than such things.

PNT:

5:1 Warnings to the Rich
SUMMARY OF JAMES 5:
The Sins of Rich Men. The Judgments Coming Upon Them. Patience Under Affliction. The Examples of Job and Elijah. Healing the Sick. Effectual Prayer. Restoring Sinners.
Go to now. The same expression is used in Jas 4:13. There it is a rebuke to those who haste to be rich; here to those who use riches wickedly.
[Ye] rich men. James looks beyond the church of his day to be his nation and to the church of after time.
Weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you]. Because of coming judgments for your sins.

WES:

5:1 Come now, ye rich - The apostle does not speak this so much for the sake of the rich themselves, as of the poor children of God, who were then groaning under their cruel oppression. Weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you - Quickly and unexpectedly. This was written not long before the siege of Jerusalem; during which, as well as after it, huge calamities came on the Jewish nation, not only in Judea, but through distant countries. And as these were an awful prelude of that wrath which was to fall upon them in the world to come, so this may likewise refer to the final vengeance which will then be executed on the impenitent.

MHC:

5:1-6 Public troubles are most grievous to those who live in pleasure, and are secure and sensual, though all ranks suffer deeply at such times. All idolized treasures will soon perish, except as they will rise up in judgment against their possessors. Take heed of defrauding and oppressing; and avoid the very appearance of it. God does not forbid us to use lawful pleasures; but to live in pleasure, especially sinful pleasure, is a provoking sin. Is it no harm for people to unfit themselves for minding the concerns of their souls, by indulging bodily appetites? The just may be condemned and killed; but when such suffer by oppressors, this is marked by God. Above all their other crimes, the Jews had condemned and crucified that Just One who had come among them, even Jesus Christ the righteous.

CONC:

Aloud Bitter Crying Howl Howling Miseries Misery Rich Sorrows Troubles Wail Wealth Weep Weeping Yourselves

Aloud Bitter Crying Howl Howling Miseries Misery Rich Soon Sorrows Troubles Wail Wealth Weep Weeping Yourselves

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