James 5:5

James 5:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
• New International Version (NIV)You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

Context of James 5:5

3Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days. 4Behold, the hire of the labourers 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. Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6Ye 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.

James 5:5 word by word

ἐτρυφήσατε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐσπαταλήσατε, ἐθρέψατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς.Read the interlinear

• livedτρυφάωtruphaō · to self-indulgeG5171
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• pleasureσπαταλάωspatalaō · to indulgeG4684
• nourishedτρέφωtrephō · to feedG5142
• heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• slaughterσφαγήsphagē · slaughterG4967

Cross-references for James 5:5

• 1 Samuel 25:6and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both unto thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
• Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
• Psalms 17:14From men, by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: they are satisfied with children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
• Psalms 73:7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
• Isaiah 5:11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
• Isaiah 47:8Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and there is none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
• Isaiah 56:12Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure.
• Amos 6:1Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
• Luke 16:19Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:
• 1 Timothy 5:6But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.
• 2 Timothy 3:4traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
• Jude 1:12These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
• Revelation 18:7How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.
• Isaiah 3:16Moreover the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
• Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

Commentaries on James 5:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Ye have lived in pleasure - . Ye have lived luxuriously; feeding yourselves without fear, pampering the flesh. And been wanton - · Ye have lived lasciviously. Ye have indulged all your sinful and sensual appetites to the uttermost; and your lives have been scandalous. Ye have nourished your hearts - · Ye have fattened your hearts, and have rendered them incapable of feeling, as in a day of slaughter, ̔ͅ , a day of sacrifice, where many victims are offered…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth - One of the things to which the rich are peculiarly addicted. Their wealth is supposed to be of value, because it furnishes them the means of doing it. Compare Luke 12:19; Luke 16:19. The word translated “lived in pleasure, ( ́ truphaō) occurs only here in the New Testament. It means, to live delicately, luxuriously, at ease. There is not in the word essentially the idea or vicious indulgence, but that which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6This section criticizes wealthy people for being greedy and proud mistreatment of the poor (Leviticus 19:13). James warns them to change their ways while they still can. If they do not, they will encounter frightening consequences on judgment day.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Translate, "Ye have luxuriated ... and wantoned." The former expresses luxurious effeminacy; the latter, wantonness and prodigality. Their luxury was at the expense of the defrauded poor (Jas 5:4). on the earth--The same earth which has been the scene of your wantonness, shall be the scene of the judgment coming on you: instead of earthly delights ye shall have punishments. nourished ... hearts--that is glutted your bodies like beasts to the full…Read the comment

Topics related to James 5:5

• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Employer
• Riches
• Sensuality
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

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

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