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James 4:9

RepentanceGriefSin

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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BSB
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
KJV
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
WEB
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
ASV
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
DARBY
Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
BLB
Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your⁺ laughter be turned to mourning and the joy to gloom.
ÅB
Kjenn deres nød og sørg og gråt! Deres latter vende seg til sorg, og gleden til bedrøvelse!
OTB
Vær bedrøvet, sørg og gråt. La latteren deres bli vendt til sorg og gleden til tungsinn.
B1930
Kjenn eders nød og sørg og gråt! Eders latter vende sig til sorg, og gleden til bedrøvelse!

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