13 “You must not oppress(A) your neighbor or rob(B) him. The wages due a hired hand(C) must not remain with you until morning.

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13 “‘Do not defraud or rob(A) your neighbor.(B)

“‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker(C) overnight.(D)

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Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers(A) who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:4 Gk Sabaoth; this word is a transliteration of the Hb word for Hosts, or Armies.

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)

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