Parallel Verses

John Wesley New Testament

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

New American Standard Bible

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

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 people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

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!

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 King James verseion

Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Go to
G71
ἄγω 
Ago 
bring, lead, go, bring forth, , vr bring
Usage: 55

now
νῦν 
Nun 
Usage: 102

ye rich men
πλούσιος 
Plousios 
Usage: 15

κλαίω 
Klaio 
Usage: 30

and howl
ὀλολύζω 
Ololuzo 
Usage: 1

for
ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

ταλαιπωρία 
Talaiporia 
Usage: 2

ἐπέρχομαι 
Eperchomai 
Usage: 6

References

Context Readings

Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others

1 Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.


Cross References

James 4:13

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go to such a city, and continue there a year, and traffick, and get gain:

Matthew 19:23-24

Then said Jesus to his disciples, Verily I say to you, a rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 6:24-25

But wo to you that are rich; for ye have your consolation.

Luke 12:16-21

And he spake a parable to them,

Luke 16:19-25

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted splendidly every day.

Luke 23:28-29

But Jesus turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But they that desire to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

James 1:11

For the sun arose with a burning heat, and withered the grass, and the flower fell off, and the beauty of it's appearance perished: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

James 2:6

But ye have disgraced the poor.

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness.

Revelation 6:15-17

And the kings of the earth, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the mighty, and every slave, and every free man hid themselves in the caves, and in the rocks of the mountains:

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