James 5:13 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If any of you are having trouble, pray. If you are happy, sing psalms.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

ASV:

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

BBE:

Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.

DBY:

Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.

ERV:

Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

WEY:

Is one of you suffering? Let him pray. Is any one in good spirits? Let him sing a psalm.

WBS:

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing psalms.

WEB:

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

YLT:

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;

James 5:13 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me."

1 Corinthians 14:15 What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

James 5:10 As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:13 {8} Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
(8) He shows the best remedy against all afflictions, that is, prayers which have their place both in sorrow and joy.

PNT:

5:13 Is any among you afflicted? Let him not swear, or engage in any improper use of the tongue, but let him pray. God is the Helper in such an hour.
Is any cheerful? Let him sing psalms. Let his joy be shown, not in wanton speech, but in singing praises. Prayer and thanksgiving are the appropriate expressions for each condition.

MHC:

5:12-18 The sin of swearing is condemned; but how many make light of common profane swearing! Such swearing expressly throws contempt upon God's name and authority. This sin brings neither gain, nor pleasure, nor reputation, but is showing enmity to God without occasion and without advantage It shows a man to be an enemy to God, however he pretends to call himself by his name, or sometimes joins in acts of worship. But the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. In a day of affliction nothing is more seasonable than prayer. The spirit is then most humble, and the heart is broken and tender. It is necessary to exercise faith and hope under afflictions; and prayer is the appointed means for obtaining and increasing these graces. Observe, that the saving of the sick is not ascribed to the anointing with oil, but to prayer. In a time of sickness it is not cold and formal prayer that is effectual, but the prayer of faith. The great thing we should beg of God for ourselves and others in the time of sickness is, the pardon of sin. Let nothing be done to encourage any to delay, under the mistaken fancy that a confession, a prayer, a minister's absolution and exhortation, or the sacrament, will set all right at last, where the duties of a godly life have been disregarded. To acknowledge our faults to each other, will tend greatly to peace and brotherly love. And when a righteous person, a true believer, justified in Christ, and by his grace walking before God in holy obedience, presents an effectual fervent prayer, wrought in his heart by the power of the Holy Spirit, raising holy affections and believing expectations and so leading earnestly to plead the promises of God at his mercy-seat, it avails much. The power of prayer is proved from the history of Elijah. In prayer we must not look to the merit of man, but to the grace of God. It is not enough to say a prayer, but we must pray in prayer. Thoughts must be fixed, desires must be firm and ardent, and graces exercised. This instance of the power of prayer, encourages every Christian to be earnest in prayer. God never says to any of the seed of Jacob, Seek my face in vain. Where there may not be so much of miracle in God's answering our prayers, yet there may be as much of grace.

CONC:

Afflicted Anyone Cheer Cheerful Evil Glad Happy Merry Praise Praises Prayers Psalm Psalms Sing Song Songs Spirits Suffer Suffering Trouble

Afflicted Cheer Cheerful Evil Glad Good Happy Merry Praise Praises Prayers Psalm Psalms Sing Song Spirits Suffer Suffering Trouble

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