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James 5:6

You condemned, you killed the tzaddik, who does not resist you.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

In Context

5You lived in indulgence upon ha'aretz and lolled in a life of luxury, you fattened your levavot as in a Yom Tivchah (Day of Slaughter). + 5:5 Jer 12:3; 25:34; Isa 53:7

7Have savlanut (patience), therefore, Achim b'Moshiach, until the Bias HaMoshiach, the Coming of Moshiach Adoneinu. Hinei, the ikar (farmer) awaits the precious p'ri haAdamah (fruit of the earth), having savlanut (patience) for it until it receives the Yoreh (first autumn rain) and the Malkosh (spring rain). + 5:7 Dt 11:14; Jer 5:24; Yoel 2:23

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, 1 yet he opened not his mouth; 1 he is brought as a seh + 53:7 see Ex 12:3 (lamb) to the slaughter, 1 and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, 1 so he openeth not his mouth. 1

Matthew 21:38And when the koremim saw the Ben, they said among themselves, This is the Bechor (Firstborn), the Yoresh (Heir). Come, let us kill him and let us take possession of his bechorah (inheritance).

Matthew 26:53Or do you think that I am not able to call upon Avi, and He will provide me now more than Shneym Asar legions of malachim?

Matthew 27:24And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, I am innocent of this manʼs blood; see to that yourselves.

John 16:2They will put you under the cherem ban in the shuls. A sha'ah (hour, time) is coming when everyone who kills you will suppose they are offering avodas kodesh to Hashem. + 16:2 Isa 66:5

Acts 2:22Anshei Yisroel, listen to these devarim: Yehoshua of Natzeret, a man having been attested by Hashem to you by gevurot and moftim which Hashem did through him in your midst, just as you yourselves have da'as,

Matthew Henry on James 5:2-12

Warnings to the Rich; Motives to Patience under Affliction. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and… Read the whole commentary →

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