Catholic Public Domain Version
" Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you! "
— James 5:1, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. ”
“Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. ”
“Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.”
“Warning to the Rich Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.”
“Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.”
“Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.”
“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. ”
Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!
Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths.
Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be a testimony against you, and it will eat away at your flesh like fire. You have stored up wrath for yourselves unto the last days.
Consider the pay of the workers who reaped your fields: it has been misappropriated by you; it cries out. And their cry has entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.