Behold, (A)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and (B)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of (C)the Lord [a]of armies. You have [b](D)lived for pleasure on the earth and lived luxuriously; you have [c]fattened your hearts in (E)a day of slaughter. You have condemned and [d](F)put to death (G)the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:4 Gr sabaoth, for Heb tsebaoth
  2. James 5:5 Or led a life of self-indulgence
  3. James 5:5 Lit nourished
  4. James 5:6 Or murdered

Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C) You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(D) in the day of slaughter.[a](E) You have condemned and murdered(F) the innocent one,(G) who was not opposing you.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting