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The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:1-6

The doom of misused wealth. We have in these opening words an echo of James 4:9 ; but with a difference. There, a call to repentance; here, a denunciation. The very word "howl" recalls old prophecies of doom ( Isaiah 13:6 ; Isaiah 14:31 ; Isaiah 15:3 ). So here, the coming doom. The destruction of Jerusalem? Yes; but this only the "beginning of sorrows." The culminating judgments, and the second advent These rich, these delicate-living and pleasure-taking ones? Yes, let them weep... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 5:1

Go to now - Notes, James 4:13.Ye rich men - Not all rich men, but only that class of them who are specified as unjust and oppressive. There is no sin in merely being rich; where sin exists peculiarly among the rich, it arises from the manner in which wealth is acquired, the spirit which it tends to engender in the heart, and the way in which it is used. Compare the Luke 6:24 note; 1 Timothy 6:9 note.Weep and howl - Greek: “Weep howling.” This would be expressive of very deep distress. The... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 5:1

James 5:1. The unbelieving Jews, being exceedingly addicted to sensual pleasure, and very covetous, were of course grievous oppressors of the poor. Wherefore, to alarm these wicked men, and, if possible, to bring them to repentance, St. James, in the first paragraph of this chapter, sets before them, in the most lively colours, the miseries which the Romans, the instruments of the divine vengeance, were about to bring on the Jewish people, both in Judea and everywhere else, now deserted of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - James 5:1-6

Personal advancement without God (4:13-5:6)Another sign of worldliness appears when Christians arrange their lives as if God does not exist, as if they control the future. Christians should view life differently from non-Christians. They should not live as if their lives on earth are going to last for ever, but should consider the eternal purposes of God and arrange their affairs accordingly. Their chief consideration should be to do God’s will, not to look for personal gain and advancement... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 5:1

Go to . See James 4:13 . howl . Greek. ololuzo. Only here. An onomatopoeic word. miseries . Greek. talaiporia. See Romans 3:16 . Compare James 4:9 . shall come = are coming. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 5:1

This chapter has a dramatic denunciation of the wealthy class who had murdered the Messiah, that is, the rich Sadducean aristocracy in Jerusalem who had slain "the Just One" (James 5:6), and whose approaching doom was prophetically announced in this denunciation. This paragraph (James 5:1-6) is parallel to those passages in the gospels which Jesus Christ pronounced against Jerusalem, and the similar pronouncement of the apostle Paul in Acts 28:25-28. Calvin was probably correct in failing to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - James 5:1

James 5:1. That shall come upon you.— Which are coming upon you. This latter rendering is,I think, more agreeable to the original than our English version; the word επερχομεναις being a participle of the present tense. Josephus particularly observes (Bell. Jude 1:20. 30. 4:19.) how much the rich men suffered by the Romans in the Jewish war. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - James 5:1

1. Go to now—Come now. A phrase to call solemn attention. ye rich—who have neglected the true enjoyment of riches, which consists in doing good. James intends this address to rich Jewish unbelievers, not so much for themselves, as for the saints, that they may bear with patience the violence of the rich (James 5:7), knowing that God will speedily avenge them on their oppressors [BENGEL]. miseries that shall come—literally, "that are coming upon you" unexpectedly and swiftly, namely, at the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 5:1

1. The introduction of the problem 5:1Again James confronted his readers as a prophet (cf. James 4:13). Rich people are usually happy that they have wealth. However, James challenged his rich readers to weep and howl in anguish, not repentance. The Bible nowhere condemns the rich for being rich. Money is not evil (cf. 1 Timothy 6:10). Nevertheless God’s Word consistently warns the rich of the temptations that financial abundance brings with it. These temptations include a false sense of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 5:1-6

A. Warnings for the Rich 5:1-6It is characteristic of James’ well-balanced style that he opened and closed his exhortations (in James 2:1 to James 5:6) with references to the rich. There is also a return in this chapter to encouragement to persevere in the will of God when tempted to depart from it (cf. ch. 1). Thus the book demonstrates a somewhat chiastic structure.". . . wealth brings consternation [James 5:1], ends up in corrosion [James 5:2-3], and results in condemnation [James 5:4-6]."... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:1-6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 5:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 5:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - James 5:1-6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 5:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 5:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - James 5:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - James 5:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 5:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 5:1-6

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