James 5:1
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.
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 that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:9–10
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Read in contextProverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Read in contextJames 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Read in contextLuke 6:24–25
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:23
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Read in contextLuke 12:16–21
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Read in contextLuke 16:19–25
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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