James 5:1
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יָלַל
yâlal
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
מָרוּד
mârûwd
an outcast; (abstractly) destitution
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in hi...
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy ridd...
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of ...
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the ...
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