James 5:18
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
KJV
καὶ πάλιν προσηύξατο, καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἔδωκεν ὑετὸν καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐβλάστησεν τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῆς.
Greek NT
Et rursum oravit : et cælum dedit pluviam, et terra dedit fructum suum.
Vulgate
And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
ASV
And he prayed again. And the heaven gave rain: and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βλαστάνω
blastano
verb · 4×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καρπός
karpos
noun · 66×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑετός
uetos
noun · 5×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ὑετὸν ἔδωκεν | WH/NIV/RP: ὑετὸν ἔδωκεν | Treg: ἔδωκεν ὑετὸν
- ὑετὸν ἔδωκεν — SBLGNT
- ὑετὸν ἔδωκεν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἔδωκεν ὑετὸν — Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 18:42 — So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
- Jer 14:22 — Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these t
- Job 38:34 — Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?