6You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.


In Context

3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.

4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

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

6 You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.

7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.

8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.

James 5:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:6You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one ; he doth not resist you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6ye did condemn — ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.