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James 4:9

American Standard Version

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

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James 4:9 in other translations

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

James 4:9 · World English Bible

James 4:9 in context

  1. 7Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  2. 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
  3. 9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
  4. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
  5. 11Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.