James 5:1 - Compare All Versions
James 5:1 NIV (New International Version)
Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
James 5:1 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
James 5:1 NLT (New Living Translation)
Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
James 5:1 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.
James 5:1 KJV (King James Version)
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
James 5:1 NKJV (New King James Version)
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
James 5:1-3 MSG (The Message)
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 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Come now, you rich people, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
James 5:1 AMP (Amplified Bible)
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 NET (New English Translation)
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.