James 5:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ Come now, rich ones, weep, crying aloud over the hardships coming upon 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 men by Your hand, O יהוה, From men of the world whose portion is in this life, And You fill their bellies with Your treasure, They are satisfied with children, And shall leave their riches to their babes.

Proverbs 11:28

He who trusts in his riches falls, But the righteous flourish like a leaf.

Proverbs 11:4

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

Isaiah 13:6

Howl, for the day of יהוה is near! It comes as a destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 15:3

In their streets they shall put on sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets everyone wails, weeping bitterly.

Jeremiah 4:8

“For this, gird yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail. For the burning displeasure of יהוה has not turned back from us.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus said יהוה, “Let not the wise boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty boast in his might, nor let the rich boast in his riches,

Ezekiel 19:2

and you shall say, ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the lions, in the midst of the young lions she reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Howl, ‘Woe to the day!’

Joel 1:11

The farmers are ashamed, the vinedressers wail over the wheat and over the barley, for the harvest of the field is destroyed.

Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves and lament, you priests. Wail, you attendants of the slaughter-place. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you attendants of my Elohim. For the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your Elohim.

Joel 1:5

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep. And wail, all you drinkers of wine, on account of the new wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

Micah 6:12

“For her rich men are filled with cruel unrighteousness, and her inhabitants have spoken falsehood, and their tongue is deceit in their mouth.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of יהוה. And by the fire of His jealousy all the earth shall be consumed, for He makes a sudden end of all those who dwell in the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Yeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are covered with fat; So he forsook Eloah who made him, And scorned the Rock of his deliverance.

James 1:11

For the sun rose with burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell, and its pretty appearance perished. So also the rich man shall fade away in his ways.

James 2:6

But you have shown disrespect towards the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow, let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, and trade, and make a profit,”

James 4:9

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