New American Standard Bible 2020
James 5:4-8
4BeholdG2400, 1the payG3408 of the laborersG2040 who mowedG270 your fieldsG5561, and which has been withheldG879 by you, criesG2896 outG2896 against you; and 2the outcryG995 of thoseG3588 who didG2325 theG2325 harvestingG2325 has reachedG1525 the earsG3775 of 3the LordG2962 4of armiesG4519. 5You have 56livedG5171 forG5171 pleasureG5171 on the earthG1093 and livedG4684 luxuriouslyG4684; you have 7fattenedG5142 your heartsG2588 in 8a dayG2250 of slaughterG4967. 6You have condemnedG2613 and 910putG5407 toG5407 deathG5407 11the righteousG1342 personG1342; he offersG498 you noG3756 resistanceG498.
7ThereforeG3767 beG3114 patientG3114, 12brothersG80 and sisters, 13untilG2193 the comingG3952 of the LordG2962. 14The farmerG1092 waitsG1551 forG1551 the preciousG5093 produceG2590 of the soilG1093, beingG3114 patientG3114 aboutG1909 it, untilG2193 15it getsG2983 16the earlyG4291 and lateG3797 rains. 817You tooG2532 beG3114 patientG3114; 18strengthenG4741 your heartsG2588, for 19the comingG3952 of the LordG2962 is 20nearG1448.
Notes
- 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 ↩
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
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