^{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.