James 5:10
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
KJV
ὑπόδειγμα λάβετε, ἀδελφοί, τῆς κακοπαθείας καὶ τῆς μακροθυμίας τοὺς προφήτας, οἳ ἐλάλησαν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου.
Greek NT
Exemplum accipite, fratres, exitus mali, laboris, et patientiæ, prophetas qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini.
Vulgate
Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.
ASV
Take, my brethren, for example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἀδελφοί — SBLGNT
- ἀδελφοί — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + μου — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐν — SBLGNT
- ἐν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca
- 1Pet 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
- 1Thess 2:14 — For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
- 2Chr 36:16 — But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
- Acts 3:21 — Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
- Acts 7:52 — Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
- Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
- Heb 11:32 — And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
- Heb 13:7 — Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
- Isa 39:8 — Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
- Jer 2:30 — In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- Job 2:10 — But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
- Luke 6:23 — Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
- Luke 11:48 — Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
- Matt 5:11 — Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Ps 31:24 — Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
- Ps 34:19 — Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
- Ps 57:1 — Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
- Rom 12:12 — Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
- Song 1:8 — If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.