James 5:1 “Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon…”

James 5:1

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

American Standard Version

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe to nowe, ye rich men: weepe, and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.

Darby Translation

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that [are] coming upon [you].

Young's Literal Translation

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon [you];

Bible in Basic English

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

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Cross references

“Go”

James 4:13

James 4:13 · BSB

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

“ye”

Proverbs 11:28 Proverbs 11:4 James 1:11 Jeremiah 9:23 Luke 12:16–21 Luke 16:19–25

Proverbs 11:28 · BSB

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

Proverbs 11:4 · BSB

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

James 1:11 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 9:23 · BSB

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.

Luke 12:16–21 · BSB

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

Luke 16:19–25 · BSB

Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

“weep”

Isaiah 13:6 Joel 1:11 Jeremiah 4:8 Ezekiel 19:2 Joel 1:5 James 4:9

Isaiah 13:6 · BSB

Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 1:11 · BSB

Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

Jeremiah 4:8 · BSB

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Ezekiel 19:2 · BSB

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

Joel 1:5 · BSB

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

James 4:9 · BSB

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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