Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;
New American Standard Bible
You have
King James Version
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Holman Bible
You have lived luxuriously on the land and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts
International Standard Version
You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
A Conservative Version
Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and were self-indulgent. Ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
American Standard Version
Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Amplified
On the earth you have lived luxuriously and abandoned yourselves to soft living and led a life of wanton pleasure [self-indulgence, self-gratification]; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
An Understandable Version
You people have basked in luxury [here] on earth and lived lives devoted to pleasure. You have fattened yourselves [as sacrificial oxen] for the day of slaughter.
Anderson New Testament
You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Bible in Basic English
You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.
Common New Testament
You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Daniel Mace New Testament
you have liv'd on the earth in voluptuousness and luxury: you have indulg'd your selves as in a day of sacrifice:
Darby Translation
Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter;
Godbey New Testament
Ye flourished upon the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts in the day of slaughter.
Goodspeed New Testament
You have lived luxuriously and voluptuously here on earth; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
John Wesley New Testament
Ye have lived delicately on earth, and been wanton; ye have cherished your hearts, as in a day of sacrifice.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye have led a luxurious life upon the earth, and have rioted in luxury; ye have nourished your hearts, as in the day of slaughter.
King James 2000
You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have lived self-indulgently on the earth and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
Modern King James verseion
You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and lived wantonly. You have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and in wantonness. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Moffatt New Testament
You have revelled on earth and plunged into dissipation; you have fattened yourselves as for the Day of slaughter;
Montgomery New Testament
You have lived luxuriously on earth, you have taken your pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
NET Bible
You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
New Heart English Bible
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Noyes New Testament
Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and have been given to pleasure; ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Sawyer New Testament
You have lived in luxury on the earth and in pleasure, you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye have gormandized upon the earth, and lived in every luxury: ye have pampered your hearts, as in a day of feasting on the victim slain.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You have lived on earth a life of extravagance and luxury; you have indulged your fancies in a time of bloodshed.
Webster
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Weymouth New Testament
Here on earth you have lived self-indulgent and profligate lives. You have stupefied yourselves with gross feeding; but a day of slaughter has come.
Williams New Testament
Here on earth you have lived in luxury and self-indulgence; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
World English Bible
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Worrell New Testament
Ye lived luxuriously on the earth, and rioted in pleasure; ye nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Worsley New Testament
Ye have lived upon earth delicately and luxuriously; ye fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Youngs Literal Translation
ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
Themes
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » An abuse of riches
Amusements and worldly pleasures » An abuse of riches
Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Wantoness
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
Riches » Often lead to » Sensual indulgence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Abuse
Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Leads to religious apostasy
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Wantonness
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 5:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others
4 Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields - that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered: 5 Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter; 6 Ye sentenced - ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against you?
Cross References
Luke 16:19
Now, a certain man, was rich, and he used to clothe himself with purple and fine linen, making merry day by day, brilliantly.
1 Timothy 5:6
Whereas, she that runneth riot, while living, is, dead:
Jeremiah 12:3
But thou O Yahweh, knowest me, Wilt thou observe me and try my heart towards thee? Drag them away, as sheep for slaughter, And hallow them for the day when they are to be slain.
Amos 6:1
Alas for the careless in Zion, and for them who put confidence in the mountain of Samaria, - the distinguished among the first group of nations, to whom came in the house of Israel.
1 Samuel 25:6
and say thus - Long life to thee! Mayest, thou, prosper, And, thy household, prosper, And, all that thou hast, prosper!
1 Samuel 25:36
And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply, - so she told him nothing - less or more, until the light of the morning.
Job 21:11-15
They send forth - like a flock - their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;
Psalm 17:14
From men who are thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom, - They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children: -
Psalm 73:7
Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;
Proverbs 7:14
Peace-offerings, are by me, to-day, have I paid my vows;
Proverbs 17:1
Better a dry morsel, and peace therewith, than a house full of contentious sacrifices.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou - in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes, - yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.
Isaiah 3:16
Because haughty are the daughters of Zion, And they walk with neck thrown back, and wanton eyes, - Tripping along as they go, And with their feet, making, a tinkling sound,
Isaiah 5:11-12
Alas, for them who rise early in the morning that strong drink, they may pursue, - Who follow on in the evening cool until with wine, they are heated;
Isaiah 22:13
Then lo! joy and rejoicing, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, - Let us eat and drink, For to-morrow, we may die!
Isaiah 47:8
Now, therefore hear this, Thou Lady of pleasure Who dwelleth securely, Who saith in her heart, - I, am , and there is no one besides, I shall not sit a widow, Nor know loss of children.
Isaiah 56:12
Come ye! I will fetch wine Let us fill ourselves with strong drink, - And like this day, shall, to-morrow be - Great beyond measure!
Jeremiah 25:34
Howl ye shepherds and make outcry, And roll in the dust ye illustrious of the flock, Because your days for being slaughtered, are fulfilled, - Therefore will I break you in pieces, and ye shall fall like a precious vessel!
Ezekiel 39:17
Thou, therefore, son of man, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Say to the bird of every wing. And to every wild beast of the field. Assemble yourselves and come Gather yourselves from every side, unto my sacrifice which I am sacrificing for yon A great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel,- And ye shall eat flesh and drink blood:
Amos 6:4-6
Who are lying on beds of ivory, and sprawling on their couch of pleasure, - and eating the well-fed of the flock, and the fatted calves out of the midst of the stalls:
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said - Child! remember - That thou didst duly received thy good things in thy life, and, Lazarus, in like manner, the evil things; but, now, here, he is comforted, and, thou, art in anguish.
Romans 13:13
As in daytime, becomingly let us walk: not in revellings and in drunken bouts, not in chamberings and in wanton deeds, not in strife and envy; -
2 Timothy 3:4
traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
2 Peter 2:13
Doing wrong themselves, for a reward of wrong, accounting, a delight, their day-time delicacy, spots and blemishes, indulging in delicacies with their stratagems, as they carouse together with you,
Jude 1:12
These are they - who, in your love-feasts, are hidden rocks, as they fare sumptuously together, fearlessly, themselves, shepherding, - clouds without water, by winds swept along, trees autumnal, fruitless, twice dead, uprooted,
Revelation 18:7
As much as she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give, unto her, torment and grief: - because, in her heart, she saith - I sit a Queen, and, widow, am I not, and, grief, in nowise shall I see!
Revelation 19:17-18
And I saw one messenger, standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying, unto all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, - Hither! be gathered together unto the great supper of God, -