James 5

KJVGo to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

GIGAKJVCome now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you.

KJVYour riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

GIGAKJVYour riches have rotted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

KJVYour 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.

GIGAKJVYour gold and silver are corroded, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. You have heaped treasure together for the last days.

KJVBehold, 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.

GIGAKJVThe wages you fraudulently kept back from the workers who harvested your fields cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of armies.

KJVYe have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

GIGAKJVYou have lived in pleasure on the earth, and indulged yourselves. You have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

KJVYe have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

GIGAKJVYou have condemned and killed the just, and he does not resist you.

KJVBe 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.

GIGAKJVBe patient therefore, brothers and sisters, to the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.

KJVBe ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

GIGAKJVYou also be patient. Establish your hearts. For the coming of the Lord draws near.

KJVGrudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

GIGAKJVDo not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you are not condemned. The judge stands at the door.

KJVTake, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

GIGAKJVTake, my brothers and sisters, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and of patience.

KJVBehold, 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.

GIGAKJVWe count them happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the outcome the Lord brought about, that the Lord is very compassionate, and of tender mercy.

KJVBut 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.

GIGAKJVAbove all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear by heaven, by the earth, or by any other oath. Let your yes be yes, and your no be no, so that you do not fall into condemnation.

KJVIs any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

GIGAKJVIs any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

KJVIs 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:

GIGAKJVIs 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.

KJVAnd 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.

GIGAKJVAnd the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up. And if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

KJVConfess 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.

GIGAKJVConfess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power.

KJVElias 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.

GIGAKJVElijah was a human being with a nature like ours. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and no rain fell on the land for three years and six months.

KJVAnd he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

GIGAKJVAnd he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth bore her fruit.

KJVBrethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

GIGAKJVBrothers and sisters, if any of you go astray from the truth, and someone turns him back,

KJVLet 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.

GIGAKJVLet him know that the one who turns the sinner back from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a great number of sins.