James 5:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. ”

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

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...
James 5:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Go (1) to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you]. (1) He denounces utter destruction to the wicked and profane rich men, and such as are drowned in their riot...
James 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

From the merely careless rich James turns to the actively oppressive, the fellows of those whom he lashes in James 2:6 f. For him, of course, the prophetic Day of the Lord was more assured and more...
James 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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.
James 5:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Go to now. They are mistaken, as I think, who consider that James here exhorts the rich to repentance. It seems to me to be a simple denunciation of God’s judgment, by which he meant to ter...
James 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you . Go to now - See on James 4:13 . Weep and howl for your miseries - St. James seems to refer here, in the spirit...
James 5:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Go to now - Come now: to call solemn attention. Ye rich - who neglect the true enjoyment of riches, which...
James 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rebuke and Encouragement 2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken of as though it were already come to pass.
James 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Go to now, ye rich. — As in James 4:3 , it was “Woe to you, worldly,” so now “Woe to ye rich: weep, bewailing” — literally, howling for your miseries coming upon you. Comp. Isaiah 13:6 ; Isaia...
James 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 23 THE FOLLIES AND INIQUITIES OF THE RICH; THEIR MISERABLE END. James 5:1-6 HERE, if anywhere in the Epistle, the writer glances aside from the believing Jews of the Dispersion, to wh...
James 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Patiently Await the Lord's Coming James 5:1-11 There are many among the rich who are using money as a sacred trust. Not against these does the Apostle utter his terrible anathemas, but against...
James 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Approaching the conclusion of his letter, the writer addressed a terrible indictment and solemn warning to the rich. He showed the failure of possessions, and how they may become the curse of life....
James 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Church is here taught, in the Opening of this Chapter, the short-lived Enjoyments of the Wicked. God's faithful Ones are reminded of the Blessedness of Patience; and what precious Advan...
James 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Go to now, ye rich men ,.... All rich men are not here designed; there are some rich men who are good men, and make a good use of their riches, and do not abuse them, as these here are represented;...
James 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you . Ver. 1. Go to now, ye rich men ] Those rich wretches mentioned James 2:6,7 , that blasphemed God and oppress...
James 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 bri...
James 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Verses 1 Timothy 6 are addressed to rich men, and no doubt specially to those who make some claim of having the knowledge of God. They are bidden to weep and howl for the miseries that will take th...
James 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Warnings to the Rich; Motives to Patience under Affliction. A. D. 61. 1 Go to now, ye rich m...
James 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JAMES CHAPTER 5 James 5:1-6 Wicked rich men are warned of God's impending judgment. James 5:7-11 The brethren are exhorted to patience, after the example of the prophets and of Job, James 5...
James 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Come now, you rich, weep and howl, For your miseries that are coming on you.' James enjoins the rich to weep and howl at what is coming on them. People weeping and howling in this way is a regular...
James 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

RULES FOR DAILY CONDUCT CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 5:1 . Rich men. —Always in Scripture, the men who are proud of their riches, centred in their riches, and are nothing but rich. The...
James 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:1 . Go to now, or go now, ye rich men. He had taught them humility, because their glory vanished away as the flower of the field: chap. James 1:10 . He now calls upon them to weep and...
James 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 5:1-59 DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR (1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES ; (2) LUXURY ; (3) MURDER . The whole...
James 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
James 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:10 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 ; Amos 6:6 ; Amos 6:7 ; Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Deuteronomy 8:12-14 ; Ecclesiastes 5:13 ; Ecclesiastes 5:14 ; Ezekiel 19:2 ; Isaiah 13:6 ; Isaiah 22:12 ; Isaiah...
James 5:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Come now, ye rich — The apostle does not speak this so much for the sake of the rich themselves, as of the poor children of God, who were then groaning under their cruel oppression. Weep and howl f...

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

James 5:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

James 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

James 5:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

James 5:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

James 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

James 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

James 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

James 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

James 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

James 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

James 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

James 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

James 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

James 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

James 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 5:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes