James 5:1 - New Revised Standard Version

¹ Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ COME NOW, you rich [people], weep aloud and lament over the miseries (the woes) that are surely coming upon you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Common English Bible

¹ Pay attention, you wealthy people! Weep and moan over the miseries coming upon you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.

James 5:1 Cross References

Psalm 17:14

from mortals—by your hand, O Lord— from mortals whose portion in life is in this world. May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their little ones.

Proverbs 11:28

Those who trust in their riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty!

Isaiah 15:3

in the streets they bind on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.

Jeremiah 4:8

Because of this put on sackcloth, lament and wail: “The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.”

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom, do not let the mighty boast in their might, do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;

Ezekiel 19:2

and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She lay down among young lions, rearing her cubs.

Ezekiel 30:2

Mortal, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Wail, “Alas for the day!”

Joel 1:11

Be dismayed, you farmers, wail, you vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley; for the crops of the field are ruined.

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, pass the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God! Grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

Joel 1:5

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; and wail, all you wine-drinkers, over the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

Micah 6:12

Your wealthy are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, with tongues of deceit in their mouths.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord's wrath; in the fire of his passion the whole earth shall be consumed; for a full, a terrible end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jacob ate his fill; Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You grew fat, bloated, and gorged! He abandoned God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court?

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.”

James 4:9

Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.