James 4:9
King James Version (KJV)
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
In context
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
James 4:9 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
- WEB World English Bible
- Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.