Darby Bible Translation

New American Standard Bible

Misuse of Riches

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that [are] coming upon [you].

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Misuse of Riches

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

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Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.

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Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.

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Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in [the] last days.

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Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

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Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of [the] Lord of sabaoth.

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Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

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Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts [as] in a day of slaughter;

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You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

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ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you.

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You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

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Patience in Suffering

Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive [the] early and [the] latter rain.

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Exhortation

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.

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*Ye* also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.

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You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.

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Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.

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Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.

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Take [as] an example, brethren, of suffering and having patience, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of [the] Lord.

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As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful.

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We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

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But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.

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But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

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The Prayer of Faith

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

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

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Is any sick among you? let him call to [him] the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of [the] Lord;

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Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

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and the prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he be one who has committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

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and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

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Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. [The] fervent supplication of the righteous [man] has much power.

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Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

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Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;

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Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

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and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to spring forth.

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Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

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Restoring a Sinner

My brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and one bring him back,

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My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back,

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let him know that he that brings back a sinner from [the] error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.

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let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

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