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James 4:7-5:6
New King James Version
James 4:7-5:6
New King James Version
Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. (A)Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 (B)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (C)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (D)purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 (E)Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (F)Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Do Not Judge a Brother
11 (G)Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother (H)and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is one [a]Lawgiver, (I)who is able to save and to destroy. (J)Who[b] are you to judge [c]another?
Do Not Boast About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow [d]we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (K)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, (L)“If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. (M)All such boasting is evil.
17 Therefore, (N)to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged
5 Come now, you (O)rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your (P)riches [e]are corrupted, and (Q)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (R)You have heaped up treasure in the last days. 4 Indeed (S)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and (T)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of [f]Sabaoth. 5 You have lived on the earth in pleasure and [g]luxury; you have [h]fattened your hearts [i]as in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.
Footnotes
- James 4:12 NU adds and Judge
- James 4:12 NU, M But who
- James 4:12 NU a neighbor
- James 4:13 M let us
- James 5:2 have rotted
- James 5:4 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
- James 5:5 indulgence
- James 5:5 Lit. nourished
- James 5:5 NU omits as
James 4:7-5:6
New International Version
James 4:7-5:6
New International Version
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,(A) and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.(B) Wash your hands,(C) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(D) you double-minded.(E) 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.(F) 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(G)
11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.(H) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[a] or judges them(I) speaks against the law(J) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,(K) but sitting in judgment on it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge,(L) the one who is able to save and destroy.(M) But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?(N)
Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Now listen,(O) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”(P) 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(Q) 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,(R) we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.(S) 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.(T)
Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen,(U) you rich people,(V) weep and wail(W) because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.(X) 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.(Y) 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(Z) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(AA) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(AB) 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(AC) in the day of slaughter.[b](AD) 6 You have condemned and murdered(AE) the innocent one,(AF) who was not opposing you.
Footnotes
- James 4:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.
- James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting
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