Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

In distress, is any among you? Let him pray; Cheerful, is any? Let him strike the strings;

New American Standard Bible

Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.

King James Version

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Holman Bible

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

International Standard Version

Is anyone among you suffering? He should keep on praying. Is anyone cheerful? He should keep reciting psalms.

A Conservative Version

Is any man among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

American Standard Version

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Amplified

Is anyone among you suffering? He must pray. Is anyone joyful? He is to sing praises [to God].

An Understandable Version

Is there anyone among you who is suffering? [If so], he should pray. Is anyone happy? [Then] he should sing a psalm.

Anderson New Testament

Is any one among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any one cheerful? let him sing praise.

Bible in Basic English

Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.

Common New Testament

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. is his mind serene? let him sing psalms.

Darby Translation

Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.

Godbey New Testament

Who is afflicted among you? let him pray. Who is merry? let him sing psalms.

Goodspeed New Testament

If any one of you is in trouble, he should pray. If any one is in good spirits, he should sing a hymn.

John Wesley New Testament

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any chearful? let him sing psalms.

Julia Smith Translation

Does any suffer among you? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him play on the harp.

King James 2000

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Is anyone among you suffering misfortune? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praise.

Modern King James verseion

Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If any of you be evil vexed, let him pray. If any of you be merry, let him sing Psalms.

Moffatt New Testament

Is anyone of you in trouble? let him pray. Is anyone thriving? let him sing praise.

Montgomery New Testament

Is any one of you in trouble? Let him pray.

NET Bible

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

New Heart English Bible

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

Noyes New Testament

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

Sawyer New Testament

If any one among you is afflicted, let him pray; if any one is happy, let him sing psalms;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Is any man among you under afflictions? let him pray. Is any man happy in mind? let him sing psalms.

Twentieth Century New Testament

If any of you is in trouble, let him pray; if any one is happy, let him sing hymns.

Webster

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing psalms.

Weymouth New Testament

Is one of you suffering? Let him pray. Is any one in good spirits? Let him sing a psalm.

Williams New Testament

Is any one of you suffering ill-treatment? He should keep on praying. Is anyone in a happy mood? He should keep on singing praise to God.

World English Bible

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

Worrell New Testament

Is anyone among you afflicted? let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? let him sing praise.

Worsley New Testament

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray: is any chearful? let him sing psalms.

Youngs Literal Translation

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Is
κακοπαθέω 
Kakopatheo 
εὐθυμέω 
Euthumeo 
Usage: 4
Usage: 3

any
τίς 
Tis 
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373
Usage: 373

ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

you
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

κακοπαθέω 
Kakopatheo 
Usage: 4

προσεύχομαι 
Proseuchomai 
Usage: 61

εὐθυμέω 
Euthumeo 
be of good cheer, be merry
Usage: 3

Devotionals

Devotionals containing James 5:13

Images James 5:13

Context Readings

The Effective Prayer Of Faith

12 But, before all things, my brethren, do not swear, - either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your Yea be yea, and your Nay nay, - lest, under judgment, ye fall. 13 In distress, is any among you? Let him pray; Cheerful, is any? Let him strike the strings; 14 Sick, is any among you? Let him call unto him the elders of the assembly, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; -

Cross References

Psalm 50:15

Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

Ephesians 5:19

Speaking to yourselves, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; singing, and striking the strings, with your heart unto the Lord;

Judges 16:23-25

Now, the lords of the Philistines, had gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice, - and they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand, Samson our enemy.

1 Chronicles 16:9

Sing ye to him, Make music unto him, Speak ye of all his wonders.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

But, in his distress, he appeased the face of Yahweh his God, - and humbled himself greatly, before the God of his fathers;

Job 33:26

He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness.

Psalm 18:6

In my distress, called I on Yahweh, And, unto my God, made outcry for help, He heard, out of his temple, my voice, And my outcry for help came before him - entered into his ears!

Psalm 91:15

He shall call me, and I will answer him, With him, will, I, be, in distress, I will rescue him, and will honour him;

Psalm 95:2

O let us come before his face with thanksgiving, With the sounds of strings, let us shout aloud to him.

Psalm 105:2

Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.

Psalm 116:3-5

The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;

Psalm 118:5

Out of a strait, called I on Yah, He answered me with enlargement.

Psalm 142:1-3

With my voice - to Yahweh, make I outcry, With my voice - to Yahweh, make I supplication:

Lamentations 3:55-56

I have called upon thy Name, O Yahweh, out of the dungeon below;

Daniel 5:4

they drank wine, - and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Hosea 6:1

Come, and let us return unto Yahweh! for, he, hath torn, that he might heal us, - smitten, that he might bind us up.

Jonah 2:2

and said - I cried - out of my distress - unto Yahweh, and he answered me, - Out of the belly of hades, called I, Thou didst hear my voice.

Jonah 2:7

When my soul, darkened itself over me, Yahweh, I remembered, - and my prayer, came in unto thee, unto thy holy temple.

Micah 4:5

For, all the peoples, walk, every man in the name of his god, - we, therefore, will walk in the name of Yahweh our God, to times age-abiding and beyond.

Matthew 26:30

And, having sung praise, they went forth unto the Mount of Olives.

Luke 23:42

And he went on to say - Jesus! remember me, whensoever thou shalt come into thy kingdom.

Acts 16:24-25

who, a charge like this receiving, thrust them into the inner prison, and, their feet, made he fast in the stocks.

1 Corinthians 14:26

What, then, is it, brethren? Whensoever ye are coming together, each one, hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath a translation: - let, all things, be done, unto building up.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Wherefore, lest I should be unduly lifted up, there was given to me a thorn o in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, that he might buffet me, - lest I should be unduly lifted up.

Colossians 3:16-17

Let, the word of the Christ, dwell within you richly, - in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with gratitude, raising song with your hearts unto God:

Hebrews 5:7

Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up, both supplications and entreaties unto him that was able to save him out of death, with mighty outcries and tears, and been hearkened to by reason of his devoutness,

Revelation 5:9-14

and they sing a new song, saying - Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood men out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

Revelation 7:10

and they cry out with a loud voice, saying - Salvation unto our God who sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb!

Revelation 14:3

And they sing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. And, no one, was able to learn the song, save the hundred and forty-four thousand, who had been redeemed from the earth.

Revelation 19:1-6

After these things, I heard as it were, a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying - Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the power of our God!

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