James 5:1,4
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 5:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. [1 Sam 1:3]
James 5:1 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
James 5:4 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
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 5:4-6 The Message (MSG)
All the workers you’ve exploited and cheated cry out for judgment. The groans of the workers you used and abused are a roar in the ears of the Master Avenger. You’ve looted the earth and lived it up. But all you’ll have to show for it is a fatter than usual corpse. In fact, what you’ve done is condemn and murder perfectly good persons, who stand there and take it. * * *
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 5:4 King James Version (KJV)
Behold, 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.
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 5:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
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 5:4 New Century Version (NCV)
The pay you did not give the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the workers have been heard by the Lord All-Powerful.
James 5:1 American Standard Version (ASV)
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
James 5:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
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 5:4 New International Version (NIV)
Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
James 5:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
James 5:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
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.
James 5:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.