James 5:7

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.

📖 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 you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
• Jer 5:24 : 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
• Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause 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 well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Col 1:11 : 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
• 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
• Heb 6:15 : 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
• Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 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 finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
• Jas 5:8-9 : 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
• 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since 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 labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
• Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
• Matt 24:27 : 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
• Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
• Luke 8:15 : 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you that he will avenge them 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 who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that 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 we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
• 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
• Gal 5:5 : 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.