Jam 5 | NASB2020 | STEP | Come now , you rich people , weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

James 5

Misuse of Riches

1 ^aCome now, ^byou rich people, ^cweep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 ^dYour riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will ^{▼▼Lit be for}serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is ^fin the last days that you have stored up your treasure! 4 Behold, ^gthe pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and ^hthe outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of ⁱthe Lord ^{▼▼Gr sabaoth, for Heb tsebaoth}of armies. 5 You have ^{▼▼Or led a life of self-indulgence
,} ^llived for pleasure on the earth and lived luxuriously; you have ^{▼▼Lit nourished}fattened your hearts in ⁿa day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and ^{▼▼Or murdered
,} ^pput to death ^qthe righteous person; he offers you no resistance.

Exhortation

7 Therefore be patient, ^rbrothers and sisters, ^suntil the coming of the Lord. ^tThe farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until ^{▼▼Or he}it gets ^vthe early and late rains. 8 ^wYou too be patient; ^xstrengthen your hearts, for ^ythe coming of the Lord is ^znear. 9 ^aaDo not ^{▼▼Lit groan}complain, ^acbrothers and sisters, against one another, so that you may not be judged; behold, ^adthe Judge is standing ^{▼▼Lit before
,} ^afright at the ^{▼▼Lit doors}door. 10 As an example, ^ahbrothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take ^aithe prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 We count those ^ajblessed who endured. You have heard of ^akthe ^{▼▼Or steadfastness}endurance of Job and have seen ^amthe ^{▼▼Lit end of the Lord}outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that ^aothe Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

12 But above all, ^apmy brothers and sisters, ^aqdo not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but ^{▼▼Lit yours is to be yes, yes, and no, no}your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you do not fall under judgment.

13 Is anyone among you ^assuffering? ^atThen he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to ^ausing praises. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for ^avthe elders of the church and they are to pray over him, ^{▼▼Lit having anointed
,} ^axanointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the ^ayprayer of faith will ^{▼▼Lit save
,} ^barestore the one who is sick, and the Lord will ^bbraise him up, and if he has committed sins, ^{▼▼Lit it}they will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore, ^bdconfess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be ^behealed. ^bfA ^{▼▼Or supplication}prayer of a righteous person, when it is ^{▼▼I.e., granted by God}brought about, can accomplish much. 17 Elijah was ^bia man with a nature like ours, and ^bjhe prayed ^{▼▼Lit with prayer}earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for ^blthree years and six months. 18 Then he ^bmprayed again, and ^bnthe sky ^{▼▼Lit gave}poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

19 My brothers and sisters, ^bpif anyone among you strays from ^bqthe truth and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will ^brsave his soul from death and ^bscover a multitude of sins.