^{1 Ref} Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

^{2 Ref} Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

^{3 Ref} Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.

^{4 Ref} See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

^{5 Ref} You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.

^{6 Ref} You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

^{7 Ref} Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

^{8 Ref} Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

^{9 Ref} Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

^{10 Ref} Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

^{11 Ref} We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

^{12 Ref} But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

^{13 Ref} Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.

^{14 Ref} Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.

^{15 Ref} And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.

^{16 Ref} So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

^{17 Ref} Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.

^{18 Ref} And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.

^{19 Ref} My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

^{20 Ref} Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.

^{1 Ref} Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

^{2 Ref} Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

^{3 Ref} Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

^{4 Ref} Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

^{5 Ref} You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

^{6 Ref} You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.

^{7 Ref} Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

^{8 Ref} You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

^{9 Ref} Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

^{10 Ref} Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

^{11 Ref} Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

^{12 Ref} But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}

^{13 Ref} Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

^{14 Ref} Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

^{15 Ref} and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

^{16 Ref} Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

^{17 Ref} Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months.

^{18 Ref} He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

^{19 Ref} Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

^{20 Ref} let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.

^{1 Ref} Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

^{2 Ref} Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

^{3 Ref} Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.

^{4 Ref} Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

^{5 Ref} Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

^{6 Ref} Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous `one'; he doth not resist you.

^{7 Ref} Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

^{8 Ref} Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

^{9 Ref} Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

^{10 Ref} Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.

^{11 Ref} Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

^{12 Ref} But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

^{13 Ref} Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

^{14 Ref} Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

^{15 Ref} and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

^{16 Ref} Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

^{17 Ref} Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.

^{18 Ref} And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

^{19 Ref} My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him;

^{20 Ref} let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.