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 wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of [the] Lord of sabaoth. 5Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts [as] in a day of slaughter; ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you. 7Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive [the] early and [the] latter rain. 8Ye also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.

James 5:6 word by word

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

• justδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342

Cross-references for James 5:6

• James 2:6But ye have despised the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and [do not] they drag you before [the] tribunals?
• Matthew 21:38But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
• Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will kill and crucify, and [some] of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;
• Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
• John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God;
• Acts 2:22Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know
• Acts 3:14But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man [that was] a murderer should be granted to you;
• Acts 4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by him this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].
• Acts 7:52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have now become deliverers up and murderers!
• Acts 13:27for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, [by] judging [him].
• Acts 22:14And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and [are] against all men,
• Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth.
• Matthew 5:39But I say unto you, not to resist evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
• Matthew 26:53Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father, and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels?
• Luke 22:51And Jesus answering said, Suffer thus far; and having touched his ear, he 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