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

“ Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. ”

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

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth - One of the things to which the rich are peculiarly addicted. Their wealth is supposed to be of value, because it furnishes them the means of doing it. Com...
James 5:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have (b) nourished your hearts, as in a (c) day of slaughter. (b) You have pampered yourselves. (c) The Hebrews call a day that is appoin...
James 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have . Omit. lived in pleasure . Greek. truphao. Only here. Compare 2 Peter 2:13 (riot). earth . App-129. been wanton . See 1 Timothy 5:6 . slaughter . See Acts 8:32 . Compare Isaiah...
James 5:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 In pleasure. He comes now to another vice, even luxury and sinful gratifications; for they who abound in wealth seldom keep within the bounds of moderation, but abuse their abundance by ext...
James 5:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have lived in pleasure - Ετρυφησατε. Ye have lived luxuriously; feeding yourselves...
James 5:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye have lived in pleasure, &c.— Ye have passed your lives in luxury and voluptuousness; ye have satiated yourselves [every day] as on a day of sacrifice. It is well known that at their hi...
James 5:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 'Ye have luxuriated ... and wantoned.' х Etrufeesate ( G5171 ), luxurious...
James 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye have lived in pleasure. — And what an indictment is this brought against them by the Apostle: — Ye revelled upon earth, and wantoned; ye nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. The pleasu...
James 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. (2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. (3) Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of...
James 5:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth ,.... This is said of other rich men; for all that is here said is not to be understood of the same individuals, but some things of one, and some of another; s...
James 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ver. 5. Ye have lived in pleasure ] Ye have lain melting in sensual delights, whi...
James 5:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye have lived in pleasure, and have been wanton Ετρυφησατε και εσπαταλησατε. The former word signifies, ye have lived luxuriously; or, as the Vulgate has it, Epulati estis, ye have feasted; it...
James 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ye have lived in pleasure; luxuriously and deliciously, giving up yourselves to your sensual appetites, Amos 6:4-6 Luke 16:19,25 . On the earth; where you place your happiness without lookin...
James 5:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Diatribe Against The Ungodly Rich ( James 5:1-6 ). Notice the complete contrast between the rich as described here and those who are being tested and tried in the opening words of the letter, ‘cou...
James 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Various Admonitions in View of the Nearness of the Judgment. Exhortation to the rich:
James 5:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:36 ; 1 Samuel 25:6 ; 1 Timothy 5:6 ; 2 Timothy 3:4 ; Amos 6:1 ; Amos 6:4-6 ; Ecclesiastes 11:9 ; Ezekiel 39:17 ; Isaiah 22:13 ; Isaiah 3:16 ; Isaiah 47:8 ; Isaiah 5:11 ; Isai...
James 5:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye have cherished your hearts — Have indulged yourselves to the uttermost. As in a day of sacrifice — Which were solemn feast — days among the Jews.

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

James 5:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

James 5:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

James 5:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

James 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

James 5:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

James 5:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

James 5:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 5:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes