James 5
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG358858× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- καίkaíG253225× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- σύsýG477116× in this chapter
thou
- αὐτόςautósG84610× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- κύριοςkýriosG29628× in this chapter
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
- ἐνenG17227× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- τὶςtìsG51006× in this chapter
some or any person or object
- γῆgēG10935× in this chapter
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
- εἰμίeimíG15105× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- ἐπίepíG19095× in this chapter
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
- μήmḗG33615× in this chapter
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expects an affirmative one)) whether
- ἀδελφόςadelphósG805× in this chapter
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G1 (Α))
- ἰδούidoúG24004× in this chapter
used as imperative lo!;
- μέméG31654× in this chapter
me
- οὐouG37564× in this chapter
the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not
- προσεύχομαιproseúchomaiG43364× in this chapter
to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship
- ἀλλήλωνallḗlōnG2403× in this chapter
one another
- ἁμαρτίαhamartíaG2663× in this chapter
a sin (properly abstract)
- μακροθυμέωmakrothyméōG31143× in this chapter
to be long-spirited, i.e. (objectively) forbearing or (subjectively) patient
- μήτεmḗteG33833× in this chapter
not too, i.e. (in continued negation) neither or nor; also, not even
- ὅτιhótiG37543× in this chapter
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
- βρέχωbréchōG10262× in this chapter
to moisten (especially by a shower)
- δέdéG11612× in this chapter
but, and, etc.
- δίκαιοςdíkaiosG13422× in this chapter
equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
- εἰςeisG15192× in this chapter
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- ἐκekG15372× in this chapter
literal or figurative; direct or remote)
- ἐπιστρέφωepistréphōG19942× in this chapter
to revert (literally, figuratively or morally)
- ἕωςhéōsG21932× in this chapter
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
- ἡμέραhēméraG22502× in this chapter
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
- ἵναhínaG24432× in this chapter
compare G3588 (ὁ)); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
- καρδίαkardíaG25882× in this chapter
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
- καρπόςkarpósG25902× in this chapter
fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively
- λαμβάνωlambánōG29832× in this chapter
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
- ναίnaíG34832× in this chapter
yes
- ὄνομαónomaG36862× in this chapter
a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)
- οὖνoûnG37672× in this chapter
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
- οὐρανόςouranósG37722× in this chapter
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
- παρουσίαparousíaG39522× in this chapter
a being near, i.e. advent (often, return; specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect
- πρόpróG42532× in this chapter
"fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to
- σώζωsṓzōG49822× in this chapter
to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)