# James 5

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/5

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.
2. Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
3. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will testify against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
4. Look, the wages you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.
5. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6. You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.
7. So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its precious crop, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and the late rains.
8. You too must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
9. Do not complain against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
10. Brothers and sisters, as an example of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11. We count as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and have seen the outcome the Lord brought about, for the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12. Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, whether by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. Let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
13. Is anyone among you suffering? They should pray. Is anyone cheerful? They should sing praises.
14. Is anyone among you sick? They should call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.
15. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have committed sins, they will be forgiven.
16. Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
17. Elijah was a human being just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
18. Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
19. My brothers and sisters, if one of you wanders from the truth and someone brings that person back,
20. let that person know that whoever brings a sinner back from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

## Nearby chapters

[James 4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/james/4.md)
[1 Peter 1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-peter/1.md)

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