James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Cross References
Job 30:31My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.
Psalms 126:5But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.
Ecclesiastes 2:2Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
Isaiah 22:12And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Jeremiah 31:13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, the young men and old men together: and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them joyful after their sorrow.
Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11
Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →