New American Standard Bible 2020

James 5:4-8

4Behold, 1the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and 2the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of 3the Lord 4of armies. 5You have 5 6lived for pleasure on the earth and lived luxuriously; you have 7fattened your hearts in 8a day of slaughter. 6You have condemned and 9 10put to death 11the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.

7Therefore be patient, 12brothers and sisters, 13until the coming of the Lord. 14The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until 15it gets 16the early and late rains. 8 17You too be patient; 18strengthen your hearts, for 19the coming of the Lord is 20near.

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1. James 5:4 Lev 19:13; Job 24:10f; Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5 ↩
2. James 5:4 Ex 2:23; Deut 24:15; Job 31:38f ↩
3. James 5:4 Rom 9:29; Is 5:9 ↩
4. James 5:4 Gr sabaoth, for Heb tsebaoth ↩
5. James 5:5 Or led a life of self-indulgence ↩
6. James 5:5 Ezek 16:49; Luke 16:19; 1 Tim 5:6; 2 Pet 2:13 ↩
7. James 5:5 Lit nourished ↩
8. James 5:5 Jer 12:3; 25:34 ↩
9. James 5:6 Or murdered ↩
10. James 5:6 James 4:2 ↩
11. James 5:6 Heb 10:38; 1 Pet 4:18 ↩
12. James 5:7 James 4:11; 5:9, 10 ↩
13. James 5:7 John 21:22; 1 Thess 2:19 ↩
14. James 5:7 Gal 6:9 ↩
15. James 5:7 Or he ↩
16. James 5:7 Deut 11:14; Jer 5:24; Joel 2:23 ↩
17. James 5:8 Luke 21:19 ↩
18. James 5:8 1 Thess 3:13 ↩
19. James 5:8 John 21:22; 1 Thess 2:19 ↩
20. James 5:8 Rom 13:11, 12; 1 Pet 4:7 ↩

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