James 5:6
You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
In Context
5Ye flourished upon the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts in the day of slaughter.
Cross References
Matthew 21:38But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take possession of his inheritance.
Matthew 26:53Whether do you think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will send me more than twelve legions of angels?
Matthew 27:24And Pilate seeing that he profits nothing, but rather an uproar supervenes, having taken water, washed his hands in the presence of the multitude, saying, For I am free from the blood of this just one: you shall see to it.
John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues: but the hour is coming, that every one killing you may think he is offering service to God.
Acts 2:22Israelitish men, hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man having been demonstrated unto you from God by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did through Him in your midst, as yourselves know;
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 →