Bible verse

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

James 5:6 · BSB

James 5:6 in context

The verses around it, from James 5.

2 Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

3 Your 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 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.

5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

8 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

10 Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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James 5:6 in other translations

KJV

Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.

ASV

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.

ERV

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.

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