James 5:7
Therefore, O brethren, suffer long, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer receives the precious fruit of the earth, waiting for it, until he may receive the former and latter rain:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
6You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.
8you also suffer long; establish your hearts; because the coming of the Lord is nigh.
Cross References
Matthew 24:44Therefore be ye also ready: because the Son of man cometh in an hour at which you do not think.
Luke 18:8I say unto you, that He will avenge them speedily. Moreover the Son of man having come, will He then find faith upon the earth?
Romans 2:7to those indeed who with patience of good work are seeking glory and honor and immortality, 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 →