Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
New American Standard Bible
You have
King James Version
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Holman Bible
You have lived luxuriously on the land and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts
A Conservative Version
Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and were self-indulgent. Ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
American Standard Version
Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Amplified
On the earth you have lived luxuriously and abandoned yourselves to soft living and led a life of wanton pleasure [self-indulgence, self-gratification]; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
An Understandable Version
You people have basked in luxury [here] on earth and lived lives devoted to pleasure. You have fattened yourselves [as sacrificial oxen] for the day of slaughter.
Anderson New Testament
You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Bible in Basic English
You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.
Common New Testament
You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Daniel Mace New Testament
you have liv'd on the earth in voluptuousness and luxury: you have indulg'd your selves as in a day of sacrifice:
Darby Translation
Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter;
Godbey New Testament
Ye flourished upon the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts in the day of slaughter.
Goodspeed New Testament
You have lived luxuriously and voluptuously here on earth; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
John Wesley New Testament
Ye have lived delicately on earth, and been wanton; ye have cherished your hearts, as in a day of sacrifice.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye have led a luxurious life upon the earth, and have rioted in luxury; ye have nourished your hearts, as in the day of slaughter.
King James 2000
You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have lived self-indulgently on the earth and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
Modern King James verseion
You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and lived wantonly. You have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and in wantonness. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Moffatt New Testament
You have revelled on earth and plunged into dissipation; you have fattened yourselves as for the Day of slaughter;
Montgomery New Testament
You have lived luxuriously on earth, you have taken your pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
NET Bible
You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
New Heart English Bible
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Noyes New Testament
Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and have been given to pleasure; ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Sawyer New Testament
You have lived in luxury on the earth and in pleasure, you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye have gormandized upon the earth, and lived in every luxury: ye have pampered your hearts, as in a day of feasting on the victim slain.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You have lived on earth a life of extravagance and luxury; you have indulged your fancies in a time of bloodshed.
Webster
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Weymouth New Testament
Here on earth you have lived self-indulgent and profligate lives. You have stupefied yourselves with gross feeding; but a day of slaughter has come.
Williams New Testament
Here on earth you have lived in luxury and self-indulgence; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
World English Bible
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Worrell New Testament
Ye lived luxuriously on the earth, and rioted in pleasure; ye nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Worsley New Testament
Ye have lived upon earth delicately and luxuriously; ye fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Youngs Literal Translation
ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
Themes
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » An abuse of riches
Amusements and worldly pleasures » An abuse of riches
Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Wantoness
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
Riches » Often lead to » Sensual indulgence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Abuse
Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Leads to religious apostasy
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Wantonness
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 5:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others
4 Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies. 5 You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the one who is righteous, even though he did not rebel against you.
Cross References
Luke 16:19
"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.
1 Timothy 5:6
But the self-indulgent widow is just as good as dead.
Jeremiah 12:3
You know me, LORD. You see me and test my thoughts toward you. Pull the wicked out like sheep for slaughter; set them apart for the day of butchering.
Amos 6:1
"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, to those who rest on the mountain of Samaria the famous men of the nations to whom the house of Israel came!
1 Samuel 25:6
Then say, "May you live long. Peace to you, peace to your family, and peace to all that you have.
1 Samuel 25:36
Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal's heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything at all until morning.
Job 21:11-15
They release their children to play like sheep; their young ones dance about,
Psalm 17:14
from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes bulge from obesity and the imaginations of their mind cross the border into sin.
Proverbs 7:14
"I have given my peace offerings, and today I fulfilled my vows.
Proverbs 17:1
Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
So enjoy yourself in your youth, young man, and be encouraged during your younger days. Live as you like, consistent with your world view, but keep in mind that God will bring you to account for everything.
Isaiah 3:16
The LORD also says: "Because Zion's women are so haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, prancing along as they walk, and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,
Isaiah 5:11-12
"How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!
Isaiah 22:13
But look! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow."
Isaiah 47:8
"Now hear this, you wanton creature, lounging with no cares, and saying to herself: "I am the one, and there will be none besides me; I won't live as a widow, nor will I see the loss of children.'
Isaiah 56:12
""Come!' they say, "let's have some wine, and let's fill ourselves with strong drink! Then, tomorrow will be like today, or even much better!'"
Jeremiah 25:34
"Scream, you shepherds! Cry out! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock! Indeed, the time for your slaughter and your dispersion has arrived, and you will break like a choice vessel.
Ezekiel 39:17
"Now as for you, Son of Man, this is what the Lord GOD has to say: "Tell all of the birds and wild beasts, "Come! Gather together and participate in the sacrifice that I'm going to make for you. This great sacrifice will take place on the mountains of Israel, where you'll be eating flesh and drinking blood.
Amos 6:4-6
lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall,
Luke 16:25
"But Abraham said, "My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.
Romans 13:13
Let's behave decently, as people who live in the light of day. No wild parties, drunkenness, sexual immorality, promiscuity, quarreling, or jealousy!
2 Timothy 3:4
traitors, reckless, conceited, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
2 Peter 2:13
suffering harm as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you.
Jude 1:12
These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted.
Revelation 18:7
Just as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, inflict on her just as much torture and misery. In her heart she says, "I am a queen on a throne, not a widow. I will never see misery.'
Revelation 19:17-18
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, "Come! Gather for the great supper of God.