Verse 9

James 4:9

Bible in Basic English

9 Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.

Original Language Text

greek

ταλαιπωρήσατε καὶ πενθήσατε καὶ κλαύσατε· ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος ⸀μετατραπήτω καὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν·

English Translation

You have been tormented and mourned and wept; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into gloom.

AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini

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Chapter 4 Context

1 What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your... Focus ↗

2 You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy... Focus ↗

3 You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring th... Focus ↗

4 O you who are false to God (Elohim), do you not see that the friends of this world are not God (Eloh... Focus ↗

5 Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God (Eloh... Focus ↗

6 But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God (Elohim) is against the men of pride, but he... Focus ↗

7 For this cause be ruled by God (Elohim); but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight b... Focus ↗

8 Come near to God (Elohim) and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put a... Focus ↗

9 Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.

10 Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him. Focus ↗

11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes hims... Focus ↗

12 There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; bu... Focus ↗

13 How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and d... Focus ↗

14 When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is se... Focus ↗

15 But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we wil... Focus ↗

16 But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil. Focus ↗

17 The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. Focus ↗

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