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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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)