James 5:4 KJV

James · chapter 5 · verse 4

Behold, 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.James 5:4 · King James Version

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James 5:4 in context

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.

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Commentary

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

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Key words (Strong's)

labourersergatēsa workman, a labourer, usually one who works for hire esp. an agricultural worker, one…G2040 →
enteredeiserchomaito go out or come in to enter, of men or animals, as into a house or a city, of Satan…G1525 →
Beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
fieldschōrathe space lying between two places or limits, a region or countryG5561 →
criethkrazōto croak, of the cry of a raven, hence, to cry out, cry aloud, vociferate, to cry or pray…G2896 →
reapedtherizōto reap, harvest, proverbial expression for sowing and reaping, cut off, destroy, as…G2325 →

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