KJV King James Version
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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James 5:8
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
WEB World English Bible
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
ASV American Standard Version
Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
Surrounding context — James 5
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.
7 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.
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.
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.
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μακροθυμήσατεG3114 · makrothumeōto have patienceκαὶG2532 · kaiandὑμεῖς,G4771 · suyouστηρίξατεG4741 · stērizōto establishτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαρδίαςG2588 · kardiaheartὑμῶν,G4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαρουσίαG3952 · parousiacomingτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoκυρίουG2962 · kurioslord: Godἤγγικεν.G1448 · engizōto come near
Cross-references
James 5:9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Psalm 37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.Psalm 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.Philippians 4:5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord [is] at hand.1 Thessalonians 3:13To 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.Revelation 22:20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.Lamentations 3:25-26The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.Micah 7:7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.2 Thessalonians 3:5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.Psalm 130:5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.Hebrews 10:25-37Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.Romans 8:25But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].Habakkuk 2:3For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.Psalm 40:1-3To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.1 Thessalonians 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.Romans 13:11-12And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
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