James 5:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until {G302} it receive the early and latter rain.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μακροθυμήσατε οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ἕως τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Κυρίου. Ἰδοὺ, ὁ γεωργὸς ἐκδέχεται τὸν τίμιον καρπὸν τῆς γῆς, μακροθυμῶν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, ἕως ἂν λάβῃ ὑετὸν πρώϊμον καὶ ὄψιμον.

Transliteration

Makrothymēsate oun, adelphoi, heōs tēs parousias tou Kyriou. Idou, the geōrgos ekdechetai ton timion karpon tēs gēs, makrothymōn ep' it, heōs an labē hyeton prōimon kai opsimon.

Grammar Details

• *Makrothymēsate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - be patient
• *oun*: conjunction - therefore
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *heōs*: preposition - until
• *tēs parousias*: genitive, feminine, singular - the coming/arrival
• *tou Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord
• *Idou*: aorist middle imperative - behold/look
• *geōrgos*: nominative, masculine, singular - farmer
• *ekdechetai*: present middle, 3rd singular - waits for/expects
• *ton timion*: accusative, masculine, singular - the precious/valuable
• *karpon*: accusative, masculine, singular - fruit/crop
• *tēs gēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the earth/land
• *makrothymōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being patient
• *ep'*: preposition + dative - for/over
• *heōs an*: conjunction combination - until
• *labē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - he might receive
• *hyeton*: accusative, masculine, singular - rain
• *prōimon*: accusative, masculine, singular - early
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *opsimon*: accusative, masculine, singular - late

Word Meanings

• *Makrothymēsate*: be patient/longsuffering/enduring
• *adelphoi*: brothers/siblings (can include sisters in broader usage)
• *parousias*: coming/arrival/presence
• *geōrgos*: farmer/husbandman/tiller of soil
• *ekdechetai*: waits for/expects/awaits eagerly
• *timion karpon*: precious fruit/valuable crop
• *makrothymōn*: being patient/waiting with patience
• *hyeton prōimon kai opsimon*: early and late rain (referring to autumn and spring rains in Palestinian agricultural cycle)

Referenced Verses

• Deut 11:14 : 14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil.
• Jer 5:24 : 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
• Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month.
• Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not be weary in {G2570} well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Col 1:11 : 11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
• 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus {G5547} at his coming?
• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus {G5547} with all his saints.
• Heb 6:15 : 15 And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
• Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
• Jas 5:8-9 : 8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
• 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
• Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
• Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
• Matt 24:27 : 27 For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
• Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
• Luke 8:15 : 15 And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• Luke 18:8 : 8 I say unto you, that he will avenge them {G1722} speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
• Luke 21:27 : 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 to them that by patience in {G18} well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:
• Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for {G5101} who {G2532} hopeth for that which he seeth? 25 But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it.
• Rom 15:4 : 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
• 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 so that ye come behind in no {G3367} gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
• Gal 5:5 : 5 For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.