James 5
1 Come now, ye rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that are coming upon you.
COME now, ye rich men, let your tears run down, howling over your miseries which are coming upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are become moth-eaten;
Your wealth is corrupted, and your robes are 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 is cankered with rust; and the rust upon them is a testimony against you, and shall eat into your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasures in 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.
Behold, the wages of the workmen who have mowed down your fields, which is kept back by you from them, crieth out: and the loud moans of the reapers are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
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.
Ye have gormandized upon the earth, and lived in every luxury: ye have pampered your hearts, as in a day of feasting on the victim slain.
6 Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just man; he doth not resist you.
Ye have falsely condemned, ye have murdered the just man; nor doth he resist you.
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.
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, in patient expectation for it, till it receives the former and the latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
9 Murmur not against each other, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door.
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest be ye condemned: lo! the judge standeth at the gates.
10 Take, brethren, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, for an example of affliction, and of patience.
My brethren, take a pattern for suffering affliction, and patience from the prophets, who have spoken to you 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.
Behold, we esteem those blessed who patiently endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; for the Lord is full of bowels of mercy, and tenderly compassionate.
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 things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your no, no; that ye fall not under condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
Is any man among you under afflictions? let him pray. Is any man happy in mind? let him sing psalms.
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 any man sick among you? let him send for the presbyters of the church; 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 shall recover the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he hath committed sins, they shall 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 offences one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The energetic prayer of a righteous man is mightily prevalent.
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;
Elias was a man of like feelings with us, and he prayed fervently that it should not rain; and there fell no rain on the earth during 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 heavens gave rain, and the earth shot up its fruit.
19 Brethren, if any one among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him,
Brethren, if any man among you should have erred from the truth, and one convert him;
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 he that converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
