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Weymouth New Testament
Afflict yourselves and mourn and weep aloud; let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into shame.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Holman Bible
Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.
International Standard Version
Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.
A Conservative Version
Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.
American Standard Version
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Amplified
Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.
An Understandable Version
Be distressed and grieve and cry [over your sins]; your laughter should turn into grieving and your joy [should turn] into sorrow.
Anderson New Testament
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to sorrow.
Bible in Basic English
Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.
Common New Testament
Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
Daniel Mace New Testament
be afflicted, be mournful, and weep: let your mirth be converted to sadness, and your joy to vexation.
Darby Translation
Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Godbey New Testament
Weep, and mourn, lament: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.
Goodspeed New Testament
Be miserable, grieve, and weep aloud! Turn your laughter into grief and your happiness into gloom.
John Wesley New Testament
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness.
Julia Smith Translation
Toil, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and joy to dejection.
King James 2000
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.
Modern King James verseion
Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Suffer afflictions: sorrow ye and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Moffatt New Testament
Lament and mourn and weep, let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to depression;
Montgomery New Testament
Lament and mourn, and weep aloud! Let your laughter be turned into mourning, And your joy into gloom!
NET Bible
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.
New Heart English Bible
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Noyes New Testament
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness.
Sawyer New Testament
Lament, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.
The Emphasized Bible
Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Be bitterly afflicted and lament, and let your tears run down; let your laughter be converted into mourning, and your joy into dejection.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Grieve, mourn, and lament! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your happiness to gloom!
Webster
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Williams New Testament
Be miserable, mourn ... and weep aloud. Let your laughter be turned to grief and your joy to gloom.
World English Bible
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Worrell New Testament
Be wretched, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness!
Worsley New Testament
Be grieved, and mourn, and weep: let your mirth be turned into mourning, and your joy to sadness.
Youngs Literal Translation
be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
Themes
Earthly » Joy joy » Joy, earthly
Joy » Earthly » Manifested in laughter
Joy » Earthly » General references to
Joy » Of the wicked » Should be turned into mourning
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 4:9
Images James 4:9
Prayers for James 4:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Subject Yourselves To God
8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God. 9 Afflict yourselves and mourn and weep aloud; let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into shame. 10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
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Cross References
Luke 6:25
"Alas for you who now have plenty to eat, because you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep aloud!
Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted.
Luke 6:21
"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.
Luke 16:25
"'Remember, my child,' said Abraham, 'that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony.
2 Corinthians 7:10-11
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, a repentance not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world finally produces death.
James 5:1-2
Come, you rich men, weep aloud and howl for your sorrows which will soon be upon you.
Revelation 18:7-8
She has freely glorified herself and revelled in luxury; equally freely administer torment to her, and woe. For in her heart she boasts, saying, 'I sit enthroned as Queen: no widow am I: I shall never know sorrow.'