James 5:6
Ye sentenced—ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against you?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
In Context
5Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;
Cross References
Isaiah 53:7Hard pressed—yet, he, humbled himself Nor opened his mouth—As, a lamb, to the slaughter, is led, And, as a sheep, before her shearers, is dumb—Nor opened his mouth.
Matthew 21:38But, the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves,—This, is, the heir: Come on! Let us slay him, and have his inheritance.
Matthew 26:53Or thinkest thou that I cannot call upon my Father, and he will set near me, even now, more than twelve legions of messengers?
Matthew 27:24And Pilate, seeing, that, nothing, it availed, but rather, a tumult, was arising, taking water, washed his hands of it before the multitude, saying—Innocent, am I, of the blood of this man,—Ye, shall see to it for yourselves.
John 16:2Excommunicants from the synagogue, will they make you; Nay! there cometh an hour, that, every one who killeth you, shall think to be rendering, divine service, unto God!
Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel! hear these words:—Jesus the Nazarene, a man pointed out of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs, which God did through him in your midst, just as ye 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 →