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James 5:1-11 KJV
James · chapter 5 · verses 1–11
1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. 7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. 10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.James 5:1-11 · King James Version
James 5:1-11 in context
1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Commentary
Cross references
- Proverbs 11:28
- 1 Timothy 6:9-10
- Proverbs 11:4
- James 1:11
- Luke 6:24-25
- Jeremiah 9:23
- Luke 12:16-21
- Matthew 6:19-20
- Job 13:28
- Romans 2:5
- Leviticus 19:13
- Jeremiah 22:13
Key words (Strong's)
- husbandmangeōrgosa husbandman, tiller of the soil, a vine dresserG1092 →
- afflictionkakopatheiathe suffering of evilG2552 →
- corruptedsēpōto make corrupt, to destroy, to become corrupt, corrupted, rottenG4595 →
- labourersergatēsa workman, a labourer, usually one who works for hire esp. an agricultural worker, one…G2040 →
- nourishedtrephōto nourish, support, feed, to give suck, to fatten, to bring up, nurtureG5142 →
- condemnedkatadikazōto give judgment against , to pronounce guilty, to condemnG2613 →
- condemnedkatakrinōto give judgment against, to judge worthy of punishment, to condemn, by one s good…G2632 →
- miseriestalaipōriahardship, trouble, calamity, miseryG5004 →
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The apostle is here addressing first sinners and then saints. I. Let us consider the address to sinners; and here we find James seconding what his great Master had said: Woe unto you that are rich; for you have received your consolation, Luk 6:24.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11