James 5:7

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

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WEBBE

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

BSB

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil — how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

KJV

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

ASV

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

BBE

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

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Μακροθυμήσατε Makrothumēsate do be patient G3114 οὖν oun therefore G3767 ἀδελφοί adelphoi brothers G80 ἕως he'ōs until G2193 τῆς tēs the G3588 παρουσίας parousias coming G3952 τοῦ tou of the G3588 κυρίου kuriou Lord G2962 ἰδοὺ idou Behold G2400 ὁ ho the G3588 γεωργὸς geōrgos farmer G1092 ἐκδέχεται ekdechetai awaits G1551 τὸν ton the G3588 τίμιον timion precious G5093 καρπὸν karpon fruit G2590 τῆς tēs of the G3588 γῆς gēs earth G1093 μακροθυμῶν makrothumōn being patient G3114 ἐπ ep᾽ for G1909 αὐτῷ autō it G846 ἕως he'ōs until G2193 ἂν an when G302 λάβῃ labē it may receive G2983 ὑετὸν hu'eton rain G5205 πρόϊμον proimon [the] early G4406 καὶ kai and G2532 ὄψιμον opsimon latter [rains] G3797

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 7–11

Consider him that waits for a crop of corn; and will not you wait for a crown of glory? If you should be called to wait longer than the husbandman, is not there something more worth waiting for? In every sense the coming of the Lord drew nigh, and all his people's losses, hardships, and sufferings, would be repaid. Men count time long, because they measure it by their own lives; but all time is as nothing to God; it is as a moment. To short-lived creatures a few years seem an age; but Scripture, measuring all things by the existence of God, reckons thousands of years but so many days. God brought about things in Job's case, so as plainly to prove that he is very pitiful and of tender mercy. This did not appear during his troubles, but was seen in the event, and believers now will find a happy end to their trials. Let us serve our God, and bear our trials, as those who believe that the end will crown all. Our eternal happiness is safe if we trust to him: all else is mere vanity, which soon will be done with for ever.

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Jesus, The ChristCommandmentsWaitingPatienceAgriculture

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