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World English Bible

James 5 (WEBP)

[1] Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
[2] Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
[3] Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
[4] Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
[5] You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
[6] You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
[7] Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
[8] You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
[9] Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
[10] Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
[11] Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
[12] But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.
[13] Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
[14] Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
[15] and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
[16] Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
[17] Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.
[18] He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
[19] Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
[20] let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

James 5:4 Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot)
James 5:12 TR reads “under judgment” instead of “into hypocrisy”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

James 5 (KJVS)

[1] Go to () now , [ye] rich men , weep () and howl () for your miseries that shall come upon () [you].
[2] Your riches are corrupted (), and your garments are () motheaten .
[3] Your gold and silver is cankered (); and the rust of them shall be () a witness against you , and shall eat () your flesh as it were fire . Ye have heaped treasure together () for the last days .
[4] Behold (), the hire of the labourers who have reaped down () your fields , which is of you kept back by fraud (), crieth (): and the cries of them which have reaped () are entered () into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth .
[5] Ye have lived in pleasure () on the earth , and been wanton (); ye have nourished () your hearts , as in a day of slaughter .
[6] Ye have condemned () [and] killed () the just ; [and] he doth not resist () you .
[7] Be patient () therefore , brethren , unto the coming of the Lord . Behold (), the husbandman waiteth () for the precious fruit of the earth , and hath long patience () for it , until he receive () the early and latter rain .
[8] Be ye also patient (); stablish () your hearts : for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh ().
[9] Grudge () not one against another , brethren , lest ye be condemned (): behold (), the judge standeth () before the door .
[10] Take (), my brethren , the prophets , who have spoken () in the name of the Lord , for an example of suffering affliction , and of patience .
[11] Behold (), we count them happy () which endure (). Ye have heard () of the patience of Job , and have seen () the end of the Lord ; that the Lord is () very pitiful , and of tender mercy .
[12] But above all things , my brethren , swear () not , neither by heaven , neither by the earth , neither by any other oath : but let your yea be () yea ; and [your] nay , nay ; lest ye fall () into condemnation .
[13] Is any among you afflicted ()? let him pray (). Is any merry ()? let him sing psalms ().
[14] Is any sick () among you ? let him call () for the elders 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 shall save () the sick (), and the Lord shall raise him up (); and if he have () committed () sins , they shall be forgiven () him .
[16] Confess () [your] faults one to another , and pray () one for another , that ye may be healed (). The effectual fervent () prayer of a righteous man availeth () much .
[17] Elias was () a man subject to like passions as we are , and he prayed () earnestly that it might not rain (): and it rained () not on the earth by the space of three years and six months .
[18] And he prayed () again , and the heaven gave () rain , and the earth brought forth () her fruit .
[19] Brethren , if any of you do err () from the truth , and one convert () him ;
[20] Let him know (), that he which converteth () the sinner from the error of his way shall save () a soul from death , and shall hide () a multitude of sins .

Young’s Literal Translation

James 5 (YLT)

[1] Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;
[2] your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
[3] your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!
[4] lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you-doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;
[5] ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
[6] ye did condemn-ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.
[7] Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain-early and latter;
[8] be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
[9] murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
[10] An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;
[11] lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.
[12] And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
[13] Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;
[14] is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,
[15] and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.
[16] Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;
[17] Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray-not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;
[18] and again he did pray, and the heaven did give rain, and the land did bring forth her fruit.
[19] Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back,
[20] let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.