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


In Context

6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, |God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.|

7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

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

10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

11 Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a 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 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 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;