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

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