James 5:1
James 5:1-3 The Message (MSG)
And a final word to you arrogant rich: Take some lessons in lament. You’ll need buckets for the tears when the crash comes upon you. Your money is corrupt and your fine clothes stink. Your greedy luxuries are a cancer in your gut, destroying your life from within. You thought you were piling up wealth. What you’ve piled up is judgment.
James 5:1 King James Version (KJV)
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
James 5:1 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
James 5:1 New Century Version (NCV)
You rich people, listen! Cry and be very sad because of the troubles that are coming to you.
James 5:1 American Standard Version (ASV)
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
James 5:1 New International Version (NIV)
Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
James 5:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
James 5:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.
James 5:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.