Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Holman Bible
You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
International Standard Version
You, too, must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.
A Conservative Version
Be ye also patient. Establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has approached.
American Standard Version
Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Amplified
You too, be patient; strengthen your hearts [keep them energized and firmly committed to God], because the coming of the Lord is near.
An Understandable Version
[So], you people should be patient also; strengthen your hearts because the Lord's coming is near [Note: This may refer to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, or to Christ's final coming and judgment].
Anderson New Testament
Be you also patient, establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws near.
Bible in Basic English
Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.
Common New Testament
You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Daniel Mace New Testament
be you equally patient, and exercise your fortitude, for the advent of the Lord is nigh.
Darby Translation
Ye also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.
Godbey New Testament
you also suffer long; establish your hearts; because the coming of the Lord is nigh.
Goodspeed New Testament
You must have patience too; you must keep up your courage, for the coming of the Lord is close at hand.
John Wesley New Testament
Be ye also patient, stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is nigh.
Julia Smith Translation
Be longsuffering, ye also; make your hearts firm: for the arrival of the Lord has drawn near.
King James 2000
Be also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws near.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You also be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.
Modern King James verseion
You also be patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of your Lord draws near.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be ye also patient therefore, and settle your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Moffatt New Testament
have patience yourselves, strengthen your hearts, for the arrival of the Lord is at hand.
Montgomery New Testament
So you also must be patient. Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand!
NET Bible
You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord's return is near.
New Heart English Bible
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Noyes New Testament
Be ye also patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Sawyer New Testament
Do you also have long patience, confirm your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
The Emphasized Bible
Be, ye also, patient, Stablish your hearts, because, the Presence of the Lord, hath drawn near.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord's Coming is near.
Webster
Be ye also patient; establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Weymouth New Testament
So you also must be patient: keeping up your courage; for the Coming of the Lord is now close at hand.
Williams New Testament
You must be patient, too; you must put iron into your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is close at hand.
World English Bible
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Worrell New Testament
Be ye also patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near.
Worsley New Testament
Be ye also patient, establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is near.
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Being patient for the coming of the lord
fruit of the Spirit » Patience
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Should be patient unto
the future » The second coming of Christ » Spoken of as near at hand
Topics
Interlinear
Makrothumeo
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 5:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Exhortation To Patience
7 Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter; 8 be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh; 9 murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
Cross References
1 Peter 4:7
And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
Psalm 27:14
Look unto Jehovah -- be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!
Psalm 37:7
Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.
Psalm 40:1-3
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,
Psalm 130:5
I hoped for Jehovah -- hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.
Philippians 4:5
let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord is near;
Genesis 49:18
For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!
Lamentations 3:25-26
Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him.
Micah 7:7
And I -- in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.
Habakkuk 2:3
For yet the vision is for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.
Romans 8:25
and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect it.
Romans 13:11-12
And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;
1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He did raise out of the dead -- Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.
1 Thessalonians 3:13
to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
2 Thessalonians 3:5
and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.
Hebrews 10:25-37
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain is, but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.
James 5:9
murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
Revelation 22:20
he saith -- who is testifying these things -- 'Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming, Lord Jesus!
Galatians 5:22
And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,