9Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.


In Context

6 But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

7 Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

9 Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

11 Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not doer of the law, but judge.

James 4:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;