The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 age nunc divites plorate ululantes in miseriis quae advenient vobis
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Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
2 divitiae vestrae putrefactae sunt et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt
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Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 aurum et argentum vestrum eruginavit et erugo eorum in testimonium vobis erit et manducabit carnes vestras sicut ignis thesaurizastis in novissimis diebus
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Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.
4 ecce merces operariorum qui messuerunt regiones vestras qui fraudatus est a vobis clamat et clamor ipsorum in aures Domini Sabaoth introiit
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Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
5 epulati estis super terram et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis
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You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 addixistis occidistis iustum non resistit vobis
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You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.
7 patientes igitur estote fratres usque ad adventum Domini ecce agricola expectat pretiosum fructum terrae patienter ferens donec accipiat temporivum et serotinum
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Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.
8 patientes estote et vos confirmate corda vestra quoniam adventus Domini adpropinquavit
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You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
9 nolite ingemescere fratres in alterutrum ut non iudicemini ecce iudex ante ianuam adsistit
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Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!
10 exemplum accipite fratres laboris et patientiae prophetas qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini
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My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience.
11 ecce beatificamus qui sustinuerunt sufferentiam Iob audistis et finem Domini vidistis quoniam misericors est Dominus et miserator
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Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord--that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
12 ante omnia autem fratres mei nolite iurare neque per caelum neque per terram neque aliud quodcumque iuramentum sit autem vestrum est est non non uti non sub iudicio decidatis
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But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your "Yes," be "Yes," and your "No," "No," lest you fall into judgment.
13 tristatur aliquis vestrum oret aequo animo est psallat
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Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
14 infirmatur quis in vobis inducat presbyteros ecclesiae et orent super eum unguentes eum oleo in nomine Domini
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Is anyone 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 et oratio fidei salvabit infirmum et adlevabit eum Dominus et si in peccatis sit dimittentur ei
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And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra et orate pro invicem ut salvemini multum enim valet deprecatio iusti adsidua
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Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
17 Helias homo erat similis nobis passibilis et oratione oravit ut non plueret super terram et non pluit annos tres et menses sex
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Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
18 et rursum oravit et caelum dedit pluviam et terra dedit fructum suum
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And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
19 fratres mei si quis ex vobis erraverit a veritate et converterit quis eum
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Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
20 scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viae suae salvabit animam eius a morte et operit multitudinem peccatorum
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let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.