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JAMES 5:4 avpesterhme,noj {A}
The manuscripts present three readings, avfusterhme,noj (a B*) and two
forms of avposterei/n, the perfect tense, avpesterhme,noj (A B2 P Y
_al_), and...
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Verse James 5:4. _THE HIRE OF THE LABOURERS_] The law, Leviticus
19:13, had ordered: _The wages of him that is hired shall not abide
with thee_ _all night until the morning_, every day's labour being...
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BEHOLD, THE HIRE OF THE LABOURERS WHO HAVE REAPED DOWN YOUR FIELDS -
In the previous verses the form of the sin which the apostle specified
was that they had hoarded their property. He now states anot...
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V. THE COMING OF THE LORD AND THE LIFE OF FAITH
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The oppression by the rich and their coming doom (James 5:1)_
2. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord (James 5:7)
3. The prayers of...
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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
de...
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THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)...
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Look you, the pay of the reapers who reaped your estates, the pay kept
back from them by you, cries against you, and the cries of those who
reaped have come to the ears of the Lord of Hosts. On the ea...
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BEHOLD. App-133.
HIRE. pay. Greek. _misthos,_ Genitive translation "reward".
HAVE. Omit.
REAPED DOWN. Greek. _amao._ Only here in N.T. occurs five times in
Septuagint. Compare Micah 6:15.
OF. on t...
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_Behold, the hire of the labourers_ The evil was one of old standing
in Judæa. The law had condemned those who kept back the wages of the
hired labourer even for a single night (Leviticus 19:13). Jere...
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ἸΔΟΎ: here as frequently in N.T. a vivid transitional particle.
The Jews were agriculturists long before they were traders. It would
be a natural step, as they grew in wealth, to acquire land in the
c...
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The thought of trade suggests the thought of wealth, as in Revelation
18:15 οἱ ἔμποροι τούτων πλουτήσαντες�ʼ
αὐτῆς.
The rich men who are here addressed are outside ‘the brotherhood.’
This appears clea...
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_RETAIN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE -- JAMES 5:1-11_ Wealth is not wrong within
itself. The trouble with riches is in reference to wealth held without
regard for the kingdom of God. The worldly rich that are d...
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WHICH IS OF YOU KEPT BACK BY FRAUD,— This was one of their wicked
methods of heaping up riches; they were not only covetous and
uncharitable, but also unjust: the phrase, _crieth,_ &c. seems to be
tak...
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THE END OF THE UNGODLY RICH
_Text 5:1-6_
James 5:1.
Come now ye rich and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
2.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten.
3.
Your...
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CHAPTER IX
_PRETENDED DEBATE WITH A RICH UNBELIEVER_
James 4:13 to James 5:6
_Introduction:_
The title of this chapter is itself interpretive, and might introduce
some discussion. There is no doubt...
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Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields,
which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them
which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaot...
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VERSE 4 BEHOLD, THE HIRE OF THE LABORER.
To accomplish your unjust and wicked desire to hoard your gold and
silver, you disregarded the law of God, and have kept back the
hard-earned wages of the labo...
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5 This passage has puzzled the commentators, and there are many and
various explanations offered to solve what seems to be one of the most
difficult passages in the Scriptures. A simple explanation, w...
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5:4 sabaoth. (d-35) i.e. Jehovah of hosts as Romans 9:29 ....
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REBUKE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken
of as though it were already come to pass....
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LORD OF SABAOTH] an OT. phrase = 'Lord of Hosts.' It is not found
elsewhere in the NT., except once in a quotation (Romans 9:29)....
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WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 5
JUDGEMENT OF THE RICH 5:1-6
V1 Now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud. Th...
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BEHOLD, THE HIRE OF THE LABOURERS. — Not merely the wrong of the
poor, but the wages kept back from him by the niggardly master,
contrary to the merciful Jewish law (Leviticus 19:13), which permitted...
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CHAPTER 23
THE FOLLIES AND INIQUITIES OF THE RICH;
THEIR MISERABLE END.
James 5:1
HERE, if anywhere in the Epistle, the writer glances aside from the
believing Jews of the Dispersion, to whom the l...
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ἰδοὺ : this interjection, though good Attic, is used by some
N.T. writers with a frequency which is unclassical, (Mayor) _e.g._, in
this short Epistle it occurs six times, while on the other hand St....
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PATIENTLY AWAIT THE LORD'S COMING
James 5:1
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 those who...
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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.
S...
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THE ABUSIVE RICH WILL BE JUDGED
James had a message for the oppressive rich. He asked for their close
attention, as in 4:13, by saying "Come now." This time he is speaking
to the rich. His message see...
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Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields,
which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them
which have reaped are entered into the (a) ears of the Lord of
sab...
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Go now rich men, &c. In the first six verses, he gives admonitions to
those among the Christians who were rich, not to rely on riches, nor
value themselves on this account. You must look upon your ric...
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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...
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To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James
from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no
means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
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4_Behold, the hire_. He now condemns cruelty, the invariable companion
of avarice. But he refers only to one kind, which, above all others,
ought justly to be deemed odious. For if a humane and a just...
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The two classes in Israel are distinctly marked here in contrast with
one another, with the addition of the walk which the Christian ought
to pursue when chastised by the Lord.
The apostle gives the c...
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BEHOLD THE HIRE OF THE LABOURERS, WHICH HAVE REAPED DOWN YOUR
FIELDS,.... The wages agreed for by the day, with the labourers in
their fields, particularly their reapers; which one instance serves
for...
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Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields,
which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them
which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth...
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_Behold, the hire of the labourers_ The apostle alludes in this verse
to Leviticus 19:13: _The wages of him that is hired shall not abide
with thee all night:_ and to Deuteronomy 24:15, At his day tho...
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CRIETH; to God for vengeance.
THE LORD OF SABBATH; the God of hosts; the Almighty. Persons who work
for others have a righteous claim to full compensation; and the
withholding of it from them is frau...
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BEHOLD, THE HIRE OF THE LABORERS WHO HAVE REAPED DOWN YOUR FIELDS,
WHICH IS OF YOU KEPT BACK BY FRAUD, CRIETH; AND THE CRIES OF THEM
WHICH HAVE REAPED ARE ENTERED INTO THE EARS OF THE LORD OF SABAOTH....
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VARIOUS ADMONITIONS IN VIEW OF THE NEARNESS OF THE JUDGMENT.
Exhortation to the rich:...
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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 them,...
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Is the laborer worthy of his hire? Is it wrong to withhold wages from
the workers? What is fraud? When do the laborers cry out against the
fraud? Is it fraud to under pay or withhold pay from workers?...
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"Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has
been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those
who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of
Sa...
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1-6 Public troubles are most grievous to those who live in pleasure,
and are secure and sensual, though all ranks suffer deeply at such
times. All idolized treasures will soon perish, except as they...
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BEHOLD; this is either a note of demonstration, as 1 THESSALONIANS
1:29; q.d. The case is plain, and cannot be denied; or of excitation;
q.d. Seriously consider it; or rather, of confirmation, to inti...
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James 5:4 Indeed G2400 (G5628) wages G3408 laborers G2040 who G3588
mowed G270 (G5660) your G5216 fields...
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‘Behold, the hire of the labourers who mowed your fields,
Which is of you kept back by fraud, cries out,
And the cries of those who reaped,
Have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.'
The r...
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DIATRIBE AGAINST THE UNGODLY RICH (JAMES 5:1).
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, ‘count it al...
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James 5:4. Now follows a statement of the sins of the rich on account
of which they are punished. Three sins are mentioned injustice,
luxury, and oppression. The first sin mentioned is injustice. BEHO...
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St. James, having warned his readers against worldliness, and exhorted
them to humility before God, proceeds to censure the rich for their
forgetfulness of their dependence upon God, their proud confi...
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THE HIRE
(ο μισθος). Old word for wages (Matthew 20:8).LABOURERS
(εργατων). Any one who works (εργαζομα), especially
agricultural workers (Matthew 9:37).WHO MOWED
(των αμησαντων). Genitive plura...
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THE LORD OF SABAOTH
That is, Jehovah of hosts....
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CONTENTS: Warning to the rich. Exhortations in view of Christ's second
coming.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Job, Elias, James.
CONCLUSION: Great amassing of wealth will be a sign of the last days,
but woe to...
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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 howl_...
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YOU HAVE NOT PAID. "You made your wealth by not paying your workers,
and have disobeyed God's Law (Leviticus 19:13). He hears their cries!
Will He not punish you???...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:1 The rich people mentioned here are probably
not believers (compare James 2:6).
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:4 THE LORD OF HOSTS (“Lord of heaven’s
armies”) pictures God as a warrior going into battle (1 Samuel
17:45;...
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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
good ma...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 5:1
DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR
(1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES;...
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Now in chapter five he takes on the rich. So this doesn't apply to
many of us.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall
come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, your garment...
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Colossians 4:1; Deuteronomy 24:14; Deuteronomy 24:15; Exodus 2:23;...
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Reaped down [α μ η σ α ν τ ω ν]. Only here in New Testament.
The primary meaning is to reap corn; also in classical Greek of mowing
down in battle. The secondary, which some mistake for the primary
se...
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The hire of your labourers crieth — Those sins chiefly cry to God
concerning which human laws are silent. Such are luxury, unchastity,
and various kinds of injustice. The labourers themselves also cry...
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Are riches a blessing or a curse?
PROBLEM: Solomon lauded riches as a blessing from God, saying, “In
the house of the righteous there is much treasure” (Proverbs 15:6;
cf. Psalms 112:3). However, Jam...
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The next sin which our apostle convicts the rich of, and condemns them
for, is the sin of oppression, and that of the worst sorts, even of
labourers and servants; their covetousness was the cause of t...