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 labourers who have reaped your fields, which is by you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts. 5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. 7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receiveth the early and the latter rain. 8Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth near.

James 5:6 word by word

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

• condemnedκαταδικάζωkatadikazō · to condemnG2613
• killedφονεύωphoneuō · to murderG5407
• justδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• dothἀντιτάσσωantitassomai · to resistG498
• notοὐou · noG3756
• youὑμῖνhumin · to youG5213

Cross-references for James 5:6

• James 2:6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
• Matthew 21:38But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
• Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
• Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
• John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
• Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
• Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you;
• Acts 4:10Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you in good health.
• Acts 7:52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
• Acts 13:27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath, they have fulfilled them in condemning him .
• Acts 22:14And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
• Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
• Matthew 5:39But I say to you, That ye resist not evil: but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
• Matthew 26:53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
• Luke 22:51And Jesus answered and said, Permit ye even this. 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