James 5:6

James 5:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
• New International Version (NIV)You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

Context of James 5:6

4Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you. 7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain. 8Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

James 5:6 word by word

κατεδικάσατε, ἐφονεύσατε τὸν δίκαιον· οὐκ ἀντιτάσσεται ὑμῖν.¶Read the interlinear

• righteousδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• oneὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for James 5:6

• James 2:6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
• Matthew 21:38But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.
• Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
• Matthew 27:20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
• John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
• Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;
• Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,
• Acts 4:10be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole.
• Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
• Acts 13:27For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
• Acts 22:14And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
• Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
• Matthew 5:39but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
• Matthew 26:53Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
• Luke 22:51But Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye them thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

Commentaries on James 5:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you - Several by , the just one, understand Jesus Christ, who is so called, Acts 3:14; Acts 7:52; Acts 22:14; but the structure of the sentence, and the connection in which it stands, seem to require that we should consider this as applying to the just or righteous in general, who were persecuted and murdered by those oppressive rich men; and their death was the consequence of their dragging…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Ye have condemned and killed the just - ̀ ́ ton dikaion- “the just one,” or “the just man” - for the word used is in the singular number. This may either refer to the condemnation and crucifixion of Christ - meaning that their conduct towards his people had been similar to the treatment of the Saviour, and was in fact a condemnation and crucifixion of him afresh; or, that by their rejection of him in order to live in sin, they in fact condemned him and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Murdered the righteous (or killed the Righteous One): Here, this phrase probably refers to innocent people like the oppressed workers mentioned in this paragraph, rather than to Jesus (compare Acts 3:14; 7:52).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Ye have condemned ... the just--The Greek aorist expresses, "Ye are accustomed to condemn ... the just." Their condemnation of Christ, "the Just," is foremost in James' mind. But all the innocent blood shed, and to be shed, is included, the Holy Spirit comprehending James himself, called "the Just," who was slain in a tumult. See my Introduction. This gives a peculiar appropriateness to the expression in this verse, the same "as the righteous (just)…Read the comment

Topics related to James 5:6

• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Convert
• Grudge
• Howl
• Nourish
• Pitiful
• Tender
• Wanton

Commentaries on James 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings