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The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. <a href="/nlt/james/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. <a href="/esv/james/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. <a href="/bsb/james/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. <a href="/blb/james/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Behold, the wage of the workmen having harvested your fields, having been kept back by you, cries out, and the cries of those having harvested have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts. <a href="/kjv/james/5.htm">King James Bible</a> Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. <a href="/nkjv/james/5.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/james/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of armies. <a href="/nasb/james/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. <a href="/nasb77/james/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. <a href="/lsb/james/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields—that which has been withheld by you—cries out against you; and the outcries of those who did the harvesting have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. <a href="/amp/james/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. <a href="/csb/james/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies. <a href="/hcsb/james/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. <a href="/asv/james/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/james/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are shouting out against you. The Lord All-Powerful has surely heard the cries of the workers who harvested your crops. <a href="/erv/james/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> Behold, the hire of the labourers 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. <a href="/gwt/james/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout [to God] against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops. <a href="/gnt/james/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty. <a href="/isv/james/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/msb/james/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. <a href="/net/james/5.htm">NET Bible</a> Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. <a href="/nheb/james/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Look, 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. <a href="/wbt/james/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped your fields, which is by you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. <a href="/wey/james/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven. <a href="/web/james/5.htm">World English Bible</a> 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 Armies. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/james/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Behold, the reward of the workmen cries out, of those who in-gathered your fields, which has been fraudulently kept back by you, and the exclamations of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the LORD of Hosts; <a href="/blb/james/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Behold, the wage of the workmen having harvested your fields, having been kept back by you, cries out, and the cries of those having harvested have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts. <a href="/ylt/james/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered; <a href="/slt/james/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Behold, the hire of laborers having reaped your farms, withheld by you, cries out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/james/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Behold the hire of the labourers, who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. <a href="/cpdv/james/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Consider the pay of the workers who reaped your fields: it has been misappropriated by you; it cries out. And their cry has entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. <a href="/nabre/james/5.htm">New American Bible</a> Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. <a href="/nrsvce/james/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/james/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Behold, the wage of the labourers, who have reaped down your fields, that which you have fraudulently kept back, cries: and the cry of the reapers has already entered into the ears of the LORD of sabaoth. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/james/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Behold, the payment of the laborers which you swindled, who have reaped your land, cries out, and the cry of the reapers has entered the ears of THE LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/james/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped your fields, which has been unjustly withheld by you, cries out: and the cries of those who have reaped, have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. <a href="/godbey/james/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Behold, the wages of the laborers having reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out: and the voices of the reapers have come into the ears of the Lord of hosts. <a href="/haweis/james/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Behold, the wages of the workmen who have mowed down your fields, which is kept back by you from them, crieth out: and the loud moans of the reapers are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.<CM> <a href="/mace/james/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> hark! what a noise there is of hire, of which you cheated the labourers, who gather'd in your harvest! the cries of the reapers have reach'd even the Lord of the celestial militia. <a href="/wey/james/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven. <a href="/worrell/james/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Behold, the hire of the workmen who mowed down your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. <a href="/worsley/james/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Behold the hire of the laborers, that reaped your fields, of which they are defrauded by you, crieth out against you: and the complaints of the reapers are come into the ears of the Lord of hosts. <a href="/parallel/james/5-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xUBCzqsAGw?start=831" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/james/5.htm">Warning to the Rich</a> …3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. 4<a href="/greek/2400.htm" title="2400: idou (V-AMA-2S) -- See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!">Look,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3408.htm" title="3408: misthos (N-NMS) -- (a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment. Apparently a primary word; pay for service, good or bad.">wages</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/650.htm" title="650: aphysterēmenos (V-RPM/P-NMS) -- To defraud, deprive of, despoil; mid: I endure deprivation; pass: To be bereft of. From apo and stereo; to despoil.">you withheld</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">from the</a> <a href="/greek/2040.htm" title="2040: ergatōn (N-GMP) -- A field-laborer; then: a laborer, workman in general. From ergon; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher.">workmen</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who</a> <a href="/greek/270.htm" title="270: amēsantōn (V-APA-GMP) -- To mow, reap, collect. From hama; properly, to collect, i.e. reap.">mowed</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5561.htm" title="5561: chōras (N-AFP) -- Feminine of a derivative of the base of chasma through the idea of empty expanse; room, i.e. A space of territory.">fields</a> <a href="/greek/2896.htm" title="2896: krazei (V-PIA-3S) -- To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to croak or scream, i.e. to call aloud.">are crying out</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: aph’ (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">against</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hai (Art-NFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/995.htm" title="995: boai (N-NFP) -- A shout, cry. From boao; a halloo, i.e. Call.">cries</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/2325.htm" title="2325: therisantōn (V-APA-GMP) -- To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest.">harvesters</a> <a href="/greek/1525.htm" title="1525: eiselēlythasin (V-RIA-3P) -- To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.">have reached</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3775.htm" title="3775: ōta (N-ANP) -- (a) the ear, (b) met: the faculty of perception. Apparently a primary word; the ear.">ears</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriou (N-GMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">of the Lord</a> <a href="/greek/4519.htm" title="4519: Sabaōth (N-GMP) -- Hosts, armies. Of Hebrew origin; armies; sabaoth, a military epithet of God.">of Hosts.</a> 5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-14.htm">Deuteronomy 24:14-15</a> Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. / You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. <a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm">Leviticus 19:13</a> You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand. <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a> “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Jeremiah 22:13</a> “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages, <a href="/proverbs/22-16.htm">Proverbs 22:16</a> Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty. <a href="/proverbs/3-27.htm">Proverbs 3:27-28</a> Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. / Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means. <a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Isaiah 5:7</a> For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress. <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Amos 8:4-6</a> Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!” <a href="/micah/6-10.htm">Micah 6:10-12</a> Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? / Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights? / For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths. <a href="/job/24-10.htm">Job 24:10-11</a> Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry. / They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty. <a href="/luke/10-7.htm">Luke 10:7</a> Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house. <a href="/matthew/20-1.htm">Matthew 20:1-15</a> “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. / He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. / About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. ... <a href="/colossians/4-1.htm">Colossians 4:1</a> Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven. <a href="/1_timothy/5-18.htm">1 Timothy 5:18</a> For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.” <a href="/romans/4-4.htm">Romans 4:4</a> Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.the hire.<a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm">Leviticus 19:13</a> Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.<a href="/deuteronomy/24-14.htm">Deuteronomy 24:14,15</a> Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: … <a href="/job/24-10.htm">Job 24:10,11</a> They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; … the cries.<a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a> And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.<a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23,24</a> And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage… <a href="/exodus/3-9.htm">Exodus 3:9</a> Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.Lord.<a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a> And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.<a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a> Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/11-34.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/galatians/4-27.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-6.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-15.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-25.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/james/2-10.htm">Failed</a> <a href="/james/3-14.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-6.htm">Field</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-6.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-3.htm">Fraud</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-1.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-18.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/james/1-11.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/matthew/13-39.htm">Harvesters</a> <a href="/matthew/25-24.htm">Harvesting</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-18.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-22.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/james/4-11.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/james/3-7.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/luke/10-2.htm">Laborers</a> <a href="/james/4-13.htm">Money</a> <a href="/exodus/17-13.htm">Mowed</a> <a href="/john/19-15.htm">Outcries</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Outcry</a> <a href="/james/2-3.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/james/3-2.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/john/4-38.htm">Reaped</a> <a href="/john/4-36.htm">Reapers</a> <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Sabaoth</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-18.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/philemon/1-24.htm">Workers</a> <a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/9-16.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/revelation/12-2.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/james/5-18.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/james/5-9.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/genesis/4-22.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-12.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/2_john/1-7.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/genesis/42-28.htm">Failed</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-16.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">Field</a> <a href="/genesis/24-63.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/psalms/10-7.htm">Fraud</a> <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/revelation/14-16.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/ruth/2-3.htm">Harvesters</a> <a href="/genesis/45-6.htm">Harvesting</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/revelation/9-16.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/james/5-8.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-14.htm">Laborers</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">Money</a> <a href="/exodus/17-13.htm">Mowed</a> <a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Outcries</a> <a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Outcry</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-19.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/1_john/2-5.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/revelation/14-16.htm">Reaped</a> <a href="/ruth/2-3.htm">Reapers</a> <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Sabaoth</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/3_john/1-8.htm">Workers</a> <a href="/exodus/28-3.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">James 5</div>1. <a href="/james/5-1.htm">Rich oppressors are to fear God's vengeance.</a> 7. <a href="/james/5-7.htm">We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job;</a> 12. <a href="/james/5-12.htm">to forbear swearing;</a> 13. <a href="/james/5-13.htm">to pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity;</a> 14. <a href="/james/5-14.htm">to acknowledge mutually our several faults, to pray one for another;</a> 19. <a href="/james/5-19.htm">and to correct a straying brother.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is often used in Scripture to introduce a significant or urgent message, similar to the prophetic calls in the Old Testament.the wages you withheld from the workmen Withholding wages was a violation of the Mosaic Law, which commanded prompt payment to laborers (<a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm">Leviticus 19:13</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/24-14.htm">Deuteronomy 24:14-15</a>). This reflects a broader biblical principle of justice and fairness in economic dealings. In the historical context, day laborers were often poor and relied on daily wages for survival, making this sin particularly grievous.who mowed your fields Agriculture was a central part of the economy in biblical times, and mowing fields was a common task. This phrase highlights the agrarian society in which James's audience lived. The workmen were likely hired to harvest grain, a critical task that ensured the landowner's wealth and sustenance.are crying out against you. This echoes the language of <a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a>, where Abel's blood cries out to God from the ground. It suggests that the injustice done to the laborers is not hidden but is known to God, who hears the cries of the oppressed. This also aligns with the biblical theme of God as a defender of the poor and marginalized.The cries of the harvesters The harvesters represent those who are vulnerable and exploited. Their cries symbolize a plea for divine justice, reminiscent of the Israelites' cries in Egypt (<a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7-9</a>). This phrase underscores the biblical narrative of God responding to the suffering of His people.have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. The title "Lord of Hosts" emphasizes God's sovereignty and power, often used in contexts of divine judgment and warfare (<a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">1 Samuel 17:45</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Isaiah 1:24</a>). It assures that God is aware of the injustice and will act as a righteous judge. This phrase connects to the prophetic tradition where God hears and responds to the cries of the oppressed (<a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm">Isaiah 5:9</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/james.htm">James</a> The author of the epistle, traditionally understood to be James, the brother of Jesus and a leader in the early Jerusalem church. He writes with authority and pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual conduct of believers. 2. <a href="/topical/w/workmen/harvesters.htm">Workmen/Harvesters</a> These are the laborers who worked in the fields, representing the oppressed and marginalized in society. They are victims of injustice, having their rightful wages withheld. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The Lord of Hosts</a> A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and power. It underscores God's role as a defender of the oppressed and a judge of injustice. 4. <a href="/topical/f/fields.htm">Fields</a> Symbolic of the agricultural society of the time, where landowners had significant power over laborers. The fields represent the setting of economic transactions and potential exploitation. 5. <a href="/topical/w/wages.htm">Wages</a> The payment due to the laborers, which is unjustly withheld. This represents the broader theme of economic justice and the ethical treatment of workers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_advocacy.htm">God's Justice and Advocacy</a> God hears the cries of the oppressed and acts as their advocate. Believers are called to reflect God's justice in their dealings with others. <a href="/topical/e/ethical_treatment_of_workers.htm">Ethical Treatment of Workers</a> Christians are called to ensure fair and just treatment of employees and workers, reflecting God's concern for justice in economic matters. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer_and_crying_out.htm">The Power of Prayer and Crying Out</a> The cries of the oppressed reach God, emphasizing the power of prayer and the importance of seeking divine intervention in times of injustice. <a href="/topical/a/accountability_before_god.htm">Accountability Before God</a> Those in positions of power and authority are accountable to God for their actions, especially in how they treat others. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_wealth_and_stewardship.htm">The Role of Wealth and Stewardship</a> Wealth should be used responsibly and ethically, with an awareness of its potential to corrupt and lead to injustice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_james_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from James 5</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_exploiting_others.htm">What does the Bible say about exploiting others?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_deem_immoral.htm">What are the consequences of our actions according to scripture?</a> <a href="/q/why_aren't_james_5_1-3_warnings_on_the_rich_supported_by_history.htm">In James 5:1–3, why are the warnings against the rich not corroborated by historical evidence showing that many wealthy individuals also contributed positively to society? </a> <a href="/q/who_was_nahash_in_the_bible.htm">How can one persistently strive to achieve their goals?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/james/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Behold, the hire of the labourers.--Not merely the wrong of the poor, but the wages kept back from him by the stingy master, contrary to the merciful Jewish law (<a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm" title="You shall not defraud your neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with you all night until the morning.">Leviticus 19:13</a>), which permitted no delay in payment whatever (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm" title="Woe to him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not for his work;">Jeremiah 22:13</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm" title="And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, said the LORD of hosts.">Malachi 3:5</a>). And the indignant remonstrance of the text is "a swift witness" also against the like-minded of this generation--whose God is self, whose religion political economy, and whose one great object in life is to buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest: as if for these ignoble purposes the Lord God had given them a brain and a soul.The hire of the labourers . . . kept back by fraud, crieth (out).--A question has arisen concerning the right position of the word translated "of," or from you, in this clause; whether the withholden dues appeal "from the wronger to God," or as the Authorised version has it above, "the hire of the labourers of you kept back by fraud." The balance of opinion seems to be with the latter.Are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.--"A sublime and awful picture" is in the mind of the Apostle. The Lord of Hosts, the name by which He is called, especially by the last of the prophets, Malachi, is seated as a judge on His throne, to hear the right; the charge is laid, the guilty called, the witnesses are heard: the cries of the wronged have entered into His ears:--"The Lord of the Vineyard beholdeth afar;The arm of His fury is bared to the war:The day of His terrible wrath is at hand." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/james/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4 accounts for the miseries that are coming upon them. Their sins are the cause. The language is modeled upon the Old Testament, and the special sin denounced is one that is expressly forbidden in the Law (see <a href="/deuteronomy/24-14.htm">Deuteronomy 24:14, 15</a>, "Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy. At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it: for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee;" cf. <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a>, "I will be a swift witness... against those that oppress the hireling in his wages (LXX., ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστεροῦντας μισθὸν μισθωτοῦ)" Later allusions to the same sin are found in Tobit 4:14; Ecclus. 34:22. Which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth. For ἀπεστερημένος of the Received Text, read ἀφυστερημένος (א, B). It is possible to join the words ἀφ ὑμῶν with κράζει, but it is more natural to take them as the A.V. with ἀφυστερημένος. Reaped... reaped (ἀμησάντων... θερισάντων); R.V., "mowed... reaped." But it would seem that the words should have been reversed, as, judging by Old Testament usage, ἀμάω is always used of corn (<a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Leviticus 25:11</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19</a>; <a href="/isaiah/17-5.htm">Isaiah 17:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/37-30.htm">Isaiah 37:30</a>; <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Micah 6:15</a>); while θερίζειν is the wider word, including all "harvesting," and used of χόρτος in <a href="/psalms/128.htm">Psalm 128</a>. (127.) 7; <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Jeremiah 9:22</a>. Into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. These words are adopted from <a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm">Isaiah 5:9</a>, Κύριος Σαβαώθ, a Grecized form of the Hebrew יהוה צבאות, frequent in the LXX. Found in the New Testament only here and <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a> (in a quotation); elsewhere, e.g. in the Apocalypse, it is represented by παντοκράτωρ (<a href="/revelation/1-8.htm">Revelation 1:8</a>, etc.); so also in <a href="/2_corinthians/6-18.htm">2 Corinthians 6:18</a> (equivalent to <a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">2 Samuel 7:8</a>). <a href="/commentaries/james/5-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Look, ἰδοὺ (idou) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2400.htm">Strong's 2400: </a> See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo! the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. wages μισθὸς (misthos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3408.htm">Strong's 3408: </a> (a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment. Apparently a primary word; pay for service, good or bad. you withheld ἀφυστερημένος (aphysterēmenos) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_650.htm">Strong's 650: </a> To defraud, deprive of, despoil; mid: I endure deprivation; pass: To be bereft of. From apo and stereo; to despoil. from the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. workmen ἐργατῶν (ergatōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2040.htm">Strong's 2040: </a> A field-laborer; then: a laborer, workman in general. From ergon; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher. who τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. mowed ἀμησάντων (amēsantōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_270.htm">Strong's 270: </a> To mow, reap, collect. From hama; properly, to collect, i.e. reap. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. fields χώρας (chōras) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5561.htm">Strong's 5561: </a> Feminine of a derivative of the base of chasma through the idea of empty expanse; room, i.e. A space of territory. are crying out κράζει (krazei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to 'croak' or scream, i.e. to call aloud. against ἀφ’ (aph’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. you. ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. The αἱ (hai) Article - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. cries βοαὶ (boai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> A shout, cry. From boao; a halloo, i.e. Call. of the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. harvesters θερισάντων (therisantōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2325.htm">Strong's 2325: </a> To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest. have reached εἰσεληλύθασιν (eiselēlythasin) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1525.htm">Strong's 1525: </a> To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter. the τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ears ὦτα (ōta) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3775.htm">Strong's 3775: </a> (a) the ear, (b) met: the faculty of perception. Apparently a primary word; the ear. of [the] Lord Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. of Hosts. Σαβαὼθ (Sabaōth) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4519.htm">Strong's 4519: </a> Hosts, armies. 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