James 4:9

Be ye wretchis, and weile ye; youre leiyyng be turned in to weping, and ioye in to sorewe of herte.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

In Context

8Neiye ye to God, and he schal neiye to you. Ye synneris, clense ye hondis, and ye double in soule, purge ye the hertis.

10Be ye mekid in the siyt of the Lord, and he schal enhaunse you.

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Cross References

Job 30:31Myn harpe is turned in to morenyng, and myn orgun in to the vois of weperis.

Psalms 126:5Blessid is the man, that hath fillid his desier of tho; he schal not be schent, whanne he schal speke to hise enemyes in the yate.

Ecclesiastes 2:2And leiyyng Y arrettide errour, and Y seide to ioye, What art thou disseyued in veyn?

Isaiah 22:12And the Lord God of oostis schal clepe in that dai to wepyng, and to morenyng, and to ballidnesse, and to a girdil of sak; and lo!

Jeremiah 31:13Thanne a virgyn schal be glad in a cumpenye, yonge men and elde togidere; and Y schal turne the morenyng of hem in to ioie, and Y schal coumforte hem, and Y schal make hem glad of her sorewe.

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