James 5:11
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
סָפַר
çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
אֶשֶׁר
ʼesher
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אִיּוֹב
ʼÎyôwb
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
אִיּוֹב
ʼÎyôwb
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רַךְ
rak
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
חֵסֵד
chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Key Terms in This Verse
סָפַר çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Study H5608 →אֶשֶׁר ʼesher
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
Study H835 →חֵסֵד chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Study H2617 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and four...
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God...
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gra...
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
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