James 5:7
Be pacient therfore brethren vnto the commynge of the lorde. Beholde the husbande man wayteth for the precious frute of the erth and hath longe pacience ther vppon vntill he receave (the erly and the latter rayne.)
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6Ye have condempned and have killed the iust and he hath not resisted you.
8Be ye also pacient therfore and settle youre hertes for the commynge of the lorde draweth nye.
Cross References
Matthew 24:44Therfore be ye also redy for in the houre ye thinke he wolde not: wyll the sonne of man come.
Luke 18:8I tell you he will avenge them and that quickly. Neverthelesse when the sonne of man cometh suppose ye that he shall fynde faithe on the erthe.
Romans 2:7that is to saye prayse honoure and immortalite to them which cotinue in good doynge and seke eternall lyfe.
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 →