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

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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to now ye

עָשִׁיר

ʻâshîyr

H6223

rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

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אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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בָּכָה

bâkâh

H1058

to weep; generally to bemoan

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and

יָלַל

yâlal

H3213

to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)

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for your

מָרוּד

mârûwd

H4788

an outcast; (abstractly) destitution

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that shall

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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upon you

Key Terms in This Verse

miseries H4788

מָרוּד mârûwd

an outcast; (abstractly) destitution

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howl H3213

יָלַל yâlal

to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)

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weep H1058

בָּכָה bâkâh

to weep; generally to bemoan

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rich H6223

עָשִׁיר ʻâshîyr

rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

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Go H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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men H582

אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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come H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:28 cross-reference

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Proverbs 11:4 cross-reference

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

James 1:11 cross-reference

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...

Jeremiah 9:23 cross-reference

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:

Micah 6:12 cross-reference

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zephaniah 1:18 cross-reference

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...

Isaiah 13:6 cross-reference

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 1:11 cross-reference

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.

James 2:6 cross-reference

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

James 4:13 cross-reference

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:

Deuteronomy 32:15 cross-reference

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.

Jeremiah 4:8 cross-reference

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Joel 1:5 cross-reference

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.

Ezekiel 19:2 cross-reference

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

James 4:9 cross-reference

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Psalm 17:14 cross-reference

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 ...

Joel 1:13 cross-reference

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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