James 4:9
“Bee afflicted, and mourne, and weepe: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your ioy to heauinesse.”
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James 4:9 Context
7Submit your selues therefore to God: resist the deuill, and hee will flee from you. 8Draw nigh to God, and hee will draw nigh to you: cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purifie your hearts yee double minded. 9Bee afflicted, and mourne, and weepe: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your ioy to heauinesse. 10Humble your selues in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you vp. 11Speake not euill one of another (brethren:) he that speaketh euill of his brother, and iudgeth his brother, speaketh euill of the Law, and iudgeth the Law: but if thou iudge the Law, thou art not a doer of the Law, but a iudge.
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Other Translations for James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
- King James Version
Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.
- Basic English Bible
Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
- Darby Bible
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
- Webster's Bible
Afflict yourselves and mourn and weep aloud; let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into shame.
- Weymouth Bible
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
- World English Bible
Be ye wretchis, and weile ye; youre leiyyng be turned in to weping, and ioye in to sorewe of herte.
- Wycliffe Bible
be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for James 4:9
4:9 Be afflicted - For your past unfaithfulness to God.
People's Bible Notes for James 4:9
Jas 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Mourn over your sins and sincerely repent of them.