Verse 17
James 5:17
World English Bible
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Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.
Original Language Text
greek
Ἠλίας ἄνθρωπος ἦν ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν, καὶ προσευχῇ προσηύξατο τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι, καὶ οὐκ ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐνιαυτοὺς τρεῖς καὶ μῆνας ἕξ·
English Translation
Elijah was a man with our same nature, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
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Chapter 5 Context
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Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
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Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
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Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and...
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Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out,...
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You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in...
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You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
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Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the preci...
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You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
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9
Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands...
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10
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name...
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Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen t...
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12
But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath...
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13
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
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14
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anoi...
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and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committ...
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16
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insisten...
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Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did...
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He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
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Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
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let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and wi...
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