KJV King James Version
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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James 5:13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
WEB World English Bible
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
ASV American Standard Version
Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;
Surrounding context — James 5
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 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.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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Psalm 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.Jonah 2:2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.Ephesians 5:19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Acts 16:24-25Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.Revelation 19:1-6And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:Revelation 5:9-14And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;Jonah 2:7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.2 Corinthians 12:7-10And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.Colossians 3:16-17Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.Psalm 118:5I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place.Psalm 142:1-3Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.Luke 22:44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.Matthew 26:30And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.Psalm 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.Micah 4:5For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.Daniel 5:4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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