James 5

1 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

2 Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts as in the day of slaughter.

6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

8 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

10 My brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

11 See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. He is full of compassion and mercy.

12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall into hypocrisy.

13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

16 Confess your trespasses to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.

19 Brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

20 consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

1 ¶ Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].

2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

3 Your 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.

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.

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

6 Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.

7 Be 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.

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

11 Behold, 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.

12 ¶ But 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.

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

16 Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

1 Now therefore, ye rich, weep and wail for your miseries which shall come upon you.

2 Your riches are rotten; your garments have become moth-eaten.

3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their rust shall be a testimony unto you, and shall devour your flesh as it were fire. Ye have laid up for yourselves treasures in the last days.

4 Behold, the labourers' hire, which have reaped your land, and are broken off from you, cry: and the cry of the reapers is come into the ears of the LORD of hosts.

5 Ye have lived well on the earth, and have had your lusts, and have fed your hearts as on a day of slaughter.

6 Ye have condemned and slain the righteous, and he hath not withstood you.

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the LORD. Behold, a husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and is patient for it, until he receive the morning rain and the evening rain.

8 Be ye also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the future of the LORD is at hand.

9 Sigh not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned. Behold, the judge is at the door!

10 Take ye, my brethren, for an example of suffering and patience, the prophets which have spoken unto you in the name of the LORD.

11 Behold, blessed are they that endure. The patience of Job ye have heard, and the end of the LORD ye have seen: for the LORD is merciful and gracious.

12 But above all, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath. But let your word be, Yea, which is yea; and, Nay, which is nay: Nay, which is nay; lest ye fall into hypocrisy.

13 If any man suffer among you, let him pray: if any man be of good cheer, let him sing psalms.

14 If any man be sick, let him call for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, anointing them with oil in the name of the LORD.

15 And the prayer of faith shall help the sick, and the LORD shall raise him up: and if he have sinned, they shall be forgiven him.

16 Confess ye your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The righteous man's prayer is powerful if it is earnest.

17 Elijah was a man like unto us, and he prayed a prayer that it should not rain; and it rained not on the earth three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19 Brethren, if any man among you should err from the truth, and any man should convert him,

20 Who shall know that he that converteth a sinner from the error of his way hath saved a soul from death, and shall cover the multitude of sins.