KJ3 Literal Translation
James 5
1 Wicked rich men are to fear God’s vengeance. 7 We ought to be patient in afflictions.
1Come now, rich ones, weep, howling over your miseries, the ones coming upon you.
2Your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten.
3Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their poison will be a testimony to you, and will eat your flesh as a fire. You heaped treasure in the last days.
4Behold, the wages of the workmen having reaped your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of the ones having reaped have entered “into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.” Isa. 5:9
5You lived luxuriously on the earth, and lived for self-pleasure; you nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter;
6you condemned; you murdered the righteous one; he does not resist you.
7Therefore, brothers, be patient until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits for the precious fruit, being patient over it until it may receive the early and the latter rain.
8You also be patient. Set your hearts firmly, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near.
9Do not murmur against one another, brothers, that you not be judged. Behold, the Judge stands before the door.
10My brothers, as an example of suffering ill, and of long-suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11Behold, we call blessed the ones enduring. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you saw the end of the Lord, “that the Lord is full of compassion and merciful.” Psa. 103:8
12But before all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor any other oath; but let your yes be yes, and the no, no; that you may not fall under judgment.
13Does anyone suffer hardships among you? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him praise in song.
14Is any among you feeble? Let him call the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15And the prayer of faith will save the one being sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he may have committed sin, it will be forgiven him.
16Confess to one another the deviations from the Law, and pray for one another, that you may be healed; being very strong, the prayer of a righteous one works effectually.
17Elijah was a man of like feeling to us, and he prayed in prayer for it not to rain; and it did not rain on the earth three years and six months.
18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to sprout.
19If anyone among you goes astray from the truth, brothers, and anyone turns him back,
20know that the one turning back a sinner from the error of his way will save the soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
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