James 5
1 Come now, ye rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Come now, you rich, howl as you weep over your distresses that are coming upon you!
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are become moth-eaten;
Your wealth has decayed and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
3 your gold and silver is rusted, and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire; ye have heaped up treasure in the last days!
Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire—you stored it up for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, crieth out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Look, the wages of the workers who cut your fields, that were unjustly held back by you, cry out, and the loud cries of the reapers have entered the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
5 Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and have been given to pleasure; ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter.
You have lived on the earth in self-indulgence and luxury, you fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just man; he doth not resist you.
You condemned, you murdered the righteous—he offers you no resistance.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and is patient about it, until it hath received the early and latter rain.
Therefore, brothers, be patient until the coming of the Lord. Consider, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and late rain.
8 Be ye also patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
You also be patient. Keep your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord has approached.
9 Murmur not against each other, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door.
Do not groan against one another, brothers, lest you be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at your doors!
10 Take, brethren, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, for an example of affliction, and of patience.
Brothers, take as an example the patient bearing of hardship and the steadfastness of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Behold, we count those happy who have endured. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; behold also the end of the Lord, that he is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Indeed we count as blessed those who endure—you have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the final outcome given by the Lord, that He is very compassionate and merciful.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under condemnation.
But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or any other oath. Let your “Yes” be “Yes”, and your “No”, “No”, lest you fall into pretense.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; even if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.
And the prayer of faith will deliver the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sin, it will be forgiven him.
16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Confess your transgressions to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous one, being operative, is very powerful.
17 Elijah was a man of like nature with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months;
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
18 and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.
19 Brethren, if any one among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him,
Brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth, and someone should turn him back,
20 let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
let him know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will deliver a soul from death and will remove from sight a multitude of sins.
