James 4:9 KJV — MannaFest

James 4:9

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

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;

DBT

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

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James — The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.

Author: James the Lord's brother (traditional — cf. Gal 1:19), leader of the Jerusalem church
Date: Early — possibly mid-40s AD, making it likely the earliest NT letter

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2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
2 Corinthians 7:10–11
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Luke 6:25
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

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8 ), hands free from blood, and bribes, and every thing that is unjust or cruel, and free from every defilement of sin: he is not subject to God who is a servant of sin. The hands must be cleansed by faith, repentance, and reformation, or it will be in vain for us to draw nigh to God in prayer, or in any of the exercises of devotion.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Be afflicted--literally, "Endure misery," that is, mourn over your wretchedness through sin. Repent with deep sorrow instead of your present laughter.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

We are taught, in the whole of our conduct, to act up to our own convictions, and, whether we have to do with God or men, to see that we never go contrary to our own knowledge (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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