James 5:7
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
- ASV
- Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.
- DARBY
- Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive [the] early and [the] latter rain.
- BLB
- Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and the late.
- ÅB
- Vær da tålmodige, brødre, til Herren kommer! Se, bonden venter på jordens kostelige grøde og bier tålmodig på den, til den får høstregn og vårregn;
- OTB
- Vær derfor tålmodige, brødre og søstre, inntil Herrens komme. Se hvordan bonden venter på jordens dyrebare grøde, tålmodig ventende på den tidlige og sene regn.
- B1930
- Vær da tålmodige, brødre, til Herren kommer! Se, bonden venter på jordens kostelige grøde og bier tålmodig på den, til den får høstregn og vårregn;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 12:1–3
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Read in contextJames 5:8–9
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Read in contextJoel 2:23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Read in contextGalatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:14
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
Read in contextColossians 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:4–5
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Read in contextRomans 2:7
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
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