James 4:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”
James 4:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
James 4:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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James 4:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.”
James 4:9 — World English Bible
James 4:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. ”
James 4:9 — American Standard Version
James 4:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;”
James 4:9 — Young's Literal Translation
James 4:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness. ”
James 4:9 — Darby Translation
James 4:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Suffer afflictions, and sorrowe ye, and weepe: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your ioy into heauinesse.”
James 4:9 — Geneva Bible
James 4:9 in Context — James 4
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
What Does James 4:9 Mean?
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