James 5:1 KJV — MannaFest

James 5:1

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

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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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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Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Proverbs 11:28
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
1 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.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Luke 6:24–25
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

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You have not a single instance of misery only coming upon you, but miseries. The ruin of your church and nation is at hand; and there will come a day of wrath, when riches shall not profit men, but all the wicked shall be destroyed. " (2.) The very apprehension of such miseries as were coming upon them is enough to make them weep and howl.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you - Quickly and unexpectedly. This was written not long before the siege of Jerusalem; during which, as well as after it, huge calamities came on the Jewish nation, not only in Judea, but through distant countries.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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