James 5:7

Have 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6You condemned, you killed the tzaddik, who does not resist you.

8You must also have savlanut. Strengthen your levavot, because the Bias HaMoshiach, the Coming of Moshiach Adoneinu, has drawn near.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:14That I will give you the matar (rain) of your land in its due season, the yoreh (early rain) and the malkosh (latter rain, spring rain), that thou mayest gather in thy dagan (grain), and thy tirosh (new wine), and thine yitzhar (fresh oil).

Hosea 6:3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know Hashem; 1 His going forth is established as the shachar (dawn); 1 and He shall come unto us as the geshem (winter rain), 1 as the malkosh (spring rain) + 6:3 i.e., as the latter and former rain, which is the winter and spring rain unto ha'aretz. 1

Zechariah 10:1Ask ye of Hashem rain in the time of the latter rain; 1 from Hashem who makes the storm clouds, 1 and gives them showers of rain, 1 to every one esev + 10:1 Gn 1:12 in the sadeh. 1

Matthew 24:44For this reason also you be shomer, for in the hour when you do not think, then will be the Bias HaMoshiach + 24:44 Dan 7:13 (the Coming of the Bar Enosh).

Luke 18:8I say to you that Hashem will bring about their yashrus (justice) swiftly, but when the Bar Enosh + 18:8 Moshiach, Dan 7:13-14 comes, will he then find emunah (faith) on haaretz?

Romans 2:7To those who, by savlanut (patience), persevere in doing hatov (the good), seek for kavod (glory) and honor and incorruptibility, + 2:7 Ps 16:10 He will give Chayyei Olam (Eternal Life).

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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