Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Holman Bible
Come now, you rich
International Standard Version
Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.
A Conservative Version
Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.
American Standard Version
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Amplified
Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.
An Understandable Version
Come on now, you rich people, cry and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.
Anderson New Testament
Come, now, you rich men, weep and lament for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Bible in Basic English
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
Common New Testament
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
As for you that are rich: weep, and lament the miserys that are falling upon you.
Darby Translation
Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
Godbey New Testament
Come now, ye rich, weep mourning over your calamities which are coming on you.
Goodspeed New Testament
Come now, you rich people! weep aloud and howl over the miseries that are going to overtake you!
John Wesley New Testament
Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Julia Smith Translation
Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you.
King James 2000
Come now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Go to now, ye rich men. Weep, and howl on your wretchedness that shall come upon you.
Moffatt New Testament
Come now, you rich men, weep and shriek over your impending miseries!
Montgomery New Testament
Go to now, you rich men! Weep aloud, howl for the miseries which are about to come upon you!
NET Bible
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
New Heart English Bible
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
Noyes New Testament
Come now, ye rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Sawyer New Testament
Come now, rich men, weep and lament for the miseries which are coming upon you.
The Emphasized Bible
Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
COME now, ye rich men, let your tears run down, howling over your miseries which are coming upon you.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Listen to me, you rich men, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming upon you!
Webster
Come now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Weymouth New Testament
Come, you rich men, weep aloud and howl for your sorrows which will soon be upon you.
Williams New Testament
Come now, you rich people, weep aloud and howl over the miseries that are sure to overtake you.
World English Bible
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
Worrell New Testament
Come now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you!
Worsley New Testament
Weep now, ye rich men, and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;
Themes
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » An abuse of riches
Amusements and worldly pleasures » An abuse of riches
Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Abuse
Topics
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others
1 Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on. 2 Your riches have rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:28
He who trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall blossom like a branch.
Isaiah 13:6
Howl! For the day of Jehovah is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
James 4:13
Come now, those saying, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, and we will trade and will make a profit,
Deuteronomy 8:12-14
lest when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and lived in them,
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You grew fat, thick, and satisfied. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Nehemiah 9:25-26
And they took strong cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards and olive-yards, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.
Job 20:15-29
He swallows riches, but vomits it; God shall cast them out of his belly.
Psalm 17:14
from men by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
Psalm 49:6-20
Those who trust in their wealth, and their many riches, boast themselves.
Psalm 73:3-9
For I was jealous of the proud, when I saw the peace of the wicked.
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Ecclesiastes 5:13-14
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for their owners to their hurt.
Isaiah 22:12-13
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Jeremiah 4:8
Put on sackcloth for this, wail and howl; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
Jeremiah 9:23
So says Jehovah, Do not let the wise glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty glory in his might; do not let the rich glory in his riches;
Ezekiel 19:2
and say: What is your mother? A lioness. She lay down among lions; she multiplied her cubs among young lions.
Joel 1:5
Awake, drunkards, and weep; and howl, all drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:11
Be ashamed, husbandmen; howl, vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished.
Joel 1:13
Gird up and lament, priests; howl, ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, ministers of my God. For the food offering and the drink offering are held back from the house of your God.
Amos 6:6-7
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best of oils; nor do they grieve for the breaking of Joseph!
Micah 6:12
For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Zephaniah 1:18
Their silver nor their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy. For He shall make even a full, yea, a speedy end of all the dwellers in the land.
Zechariah 11:2-3
Howl, juniper; for the cedar has fallen; because the majestic trees are devastated. Howl, O oaks of Bashan; for the inaccessible forest has come down.
Matthew 19:23-24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you that a rich man will with great difficulty enter into the kingdom of Heaven.
Luke 6:24-25
But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.
Luke 12:16-21
And He spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.
Luke 16:19-25
There was a certain rich man who was customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury every day.
Luke 23:28-29
But turning to them, Jesus said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.
James 1:11
For the sun rose with the hot wind and dried up the grass, and its flower fell out, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also the rich one will fade away in his ways.
James 2:6
But you dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats?
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.
Revelation 6:15-17
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains.