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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- KJV
- Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
- WEB
- Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
- ASV
- Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
- DARBY
- Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that [are] coming upon [you].
- BLB
- Come now, [you] rich, weep, wailing over the miseries that [are] coming upon you⁺.
- ÅB
- Og nå, dere rike: Gråt og jamre over deres ulykker, som kommer over dere!
- OTB
- Nå, dere rike, lytt og klag over de ulykkene som skal komme over dere.
- B1930
- Og nu, I rike: Gråt og jamre over eders ulykker, som kommer over eder!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 11:28
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:9–10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Read in contextProverbs 11:4
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Read in contextJames 1:11
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Read in contextLuke 6:24–25
But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:23
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
Read in contextLuke 12:16–21
Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
Read in contextLuke 16:19–25
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Read in context