Berean Standard Bible
“Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.”
In a stern call to repentance, James challenges a worldly and quarrelsome community. He urges them to draw near to God and cleanse their hands.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
World English Bible (WEB)
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
King James Version (KJV)
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Afligíos, y lamentad, y llorad. Vuestra risa se convierta en lloro, y vuestro gozo en tristeza.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Llénense de angustia, lloren y laméntense. Que su risa se convierta en llanto, y su alegría en tristeza.
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