James 5:4
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
שָׂכָר
sâkâr
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
ἐργάτης
ergátēs
a toiler; figuratively, a teacher
קָצַר
qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
קָצַר
qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
σαβαώθ
sabaṓth
armies; sabaoth (i.e. tsebaoth), a military epithet of God
Key Terms in This Verse
σαβαώθ sabaṓth
armies; sabaoth (i.e. tsebaoth), a military epithet of God
Study G4519 →קָצַר qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Study H7114 →קָצַר qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Study H7114 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →שָׂכָר sâkâr
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
Study H7939 →Cross References
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
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