James 4:9
“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 James 4:9 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Grieve, mourn, and lament! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your happiness to gloom!
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Seid niedergebeugt, und trauert und weinet; euer Lachen verwandle sich in Traurigkeit und eure Freude in Niedergeschlagenheit.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Afligíos, y lamentad, y llorad. Vuestra risa se convierta en lloro, y vuestro gozo en tristeza.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Reconhecei vossas misérias, lamentai e chorai. Torne-se o vosso riso em pranto, e a vossa alegria em tristeza.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Entristecei-vos, lamentai, e chorai! Que o vosso riso se transforme em lamento, e a vossa alegria, em tristeza.
📖 James 4:9 in Context
7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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