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


In Context

6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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

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

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

10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

James 4:9 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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;