James 5:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Therefore, be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

  • 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Be pacient therfore brethren vnto the commynge of the LORde. Beholde the husbande man wayteth for the precious frute of the erth and hath longe pacience ther vppon vntill he receave (the erly and the latter rayne.)

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Be pacient therfore brethren, vnto the comynge of the LORDE. Beholde, the hussbade man wayteth for the precious frute of ye earth, and hath longe pacience there vpon, vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Be patient therefore, brethren, vnto the comming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience for it, vntill he receiue the former, and the latter rayne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Be patient therfore brethren, vnto the commyng of the Lorde. Beholde, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience thervpon, vntill he receaue the early and the later rayne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 it receive the early and latter rain.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 it receive the early and latter rain.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Patience in Suffering So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 11:14 : 14 then I will provide the rain for your land in its proper season—the early rain and the late rain—so that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
  • Jer 5:24 : 24 They do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives the rains in their season—the early and late rains—and who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.'
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad, children of Zion; rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as in the past.
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
  • Col 1:11 : 11 being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father,
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when He comes? Is it not indeed you?
  • 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 So that He may strengthen your hearts to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
  • Heb 6:15 : 15 And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise.
  • Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set before us. 2 Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising its shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
  • Jas 5:8-9 : 8 You too must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and they will say, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, everything continues just as it has from the beginning of creation.'
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 We remember your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by the hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to know Him. His coming is as certain as the dawn, and He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.
  • Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask the LORD for rain in the spring season. It is the LORD who makes lightning flashes and provides abundant rain for everyone, giving vegetation in the fields.
  • Matt 24:27 : 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
  • Luke 21:27 : 27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
  • Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who seek glory, honor, and immortality by persistence in doing good, He will give eternal life.
  • Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already see? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.
  • Rom 15:4 : 4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
  • 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 So that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses, 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger;
  • Gal 5:5 : 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 5:8-11
    4 verses
    88%

    8You too must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.

    9Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door.

    10Take, my brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering and patience.

    11See, we consider those who have endured to be blessed. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the Lord's outcome—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

  • Heb 10:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36You need endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

    37For yet in a very little while, the One who is coming will come and will not delay.

  • Heb 6:7
    74%

    7For the land that drinks in the rain that often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    73%

    6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • Jas 1:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

    4Let perseverance complete its work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

  • Mark 4:28-29
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    71%

    28The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

    29As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle because the harvest has come.

  • Jas 5:4
    71%

    4Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

  • Gal 6:9
    71%

    9Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • Hos 10:12
    71%

    12Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and showers His righteousness on you.

  • Jas 5:6
    71%

    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you.

  • Rom 8:25
    71%

    25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

  • 2 Pet 3:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

    9The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

  • 2 Thess 3:5
    70%

    5Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.

  • Ps 37:7
    70%

    7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out wicked schemes.

  • Luke 8:15
    70%

    15But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.

  • Isa 30:18
    70%

    18Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

  • Heb 6:12
    70%

    12Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

  • 1 Cor 1:7
    70%

    7So that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Hab 2:3
    70%

    3For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.

  • Jas 5:18
    70%

    18Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

  • 2 Pet 3:14
    69%

    14Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these things, make every effort to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.

  • Matt 21:34
    69%

    34When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

  • Hag 1:10
    69%

    10Therefore, because of you, the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops.

  • Jer 5:24
    69%

    24They do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives the rains in their season—the early and late rains—and who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.'

  • Rom 5:4
    69%

    4And endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

  • Luke 21:19
    69%

    19By your endurance, you will gain your lives.

  • Isa 18:5
    69%

    5For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, the branches will be cut with pruning knives, and the spreading branches will be removed and discarded.

  • John 4:35-36
    2 verses
    69%

    35Do you not say, 'There are still four months until harvest'? Look, I tell you: Lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest already.

    36The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.

  • Zech 10:1
    69%

    1Ask the LORD for rain in the spring season. It is the LORD who makes lightning flashes and provides abundant rain for everyone, giving vegetation in the fields.

  • Isa 5:7
    68%

    7For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.

  • Jas 1:12
    68%

    12Blessed is the one who endures trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

  • Jas 1:19
    68%

    19My beloved brothers and sisters, let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.

  • Lam 3:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

    26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

  • Ps 126:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

    6The one who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will surely return with joyful shouting, carrying their sheaves.

  • Luke 12:36
    68%

    36Be like people waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can immediately open the door for him.

  • Deut 11:14
    68%

    14then I will provide the rain for your land in its proper season—the early rain and the late rain—so that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.

  • Ps 37:9
    68%

    9For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD will inherit the land.

  • Mark 12:2
    68%

    2At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • Jas 1:7
    68%

    7Let that person not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

  • 2 Thess 1:5
    67%

    5This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.