James 5:4 Cross References - Rotherham

⁴ Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields––that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:

¹⁰ And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed–blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground.

²³ And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude, and lamented,––and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude. ²⁴ And God heard their groaning,––and God remembered his covenant, with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob;

⁹ Now, therefore, lo! the outcry of the sons of Israel, hath come in unto me,––moreover also I have seen the oppression, wherewith, the Egyptians, are oppressing them.

²² Neither widow nor fatherless, shalt thou humiliate: ²³ if thou, do humiliate, him, when he in anywise crieth out unto me, I will, surely hear, his outcry: ²⁴ so shall kindle mine anger, and I will slay you with the sword,––and your, wives, shall become, widows, and your, sons, fatherless.

²⁷ for, that, is his only covering, that, is his mantle, for his skin,––wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he maketh outcry unto me, then will I hear, because, gracious, I am.

¹³ Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour nor rob [him], ––The wages of him that is hired shall not tarry with thee, until the morning.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant, that is poor and needy,––of thy brethren or of thy sojourners that are in thy land, within thy gates; ¹⁵ for his day, shalt thou give his hire, neither shall the sun, go in upon it, for, poor, he is, and, unto it, is he lifting up his soul,––lest he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it be, in thee, a sin.

¹⁰ Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves; ¹¹ Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine–presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;

³⁸ If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep; ³⁹ If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;

²⁸ Causing to reach him the outcry of the poor, Yea, the outcry of the oppressed, he heareth.

¹² When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.

⁹ If, Yahweh of hosts, had not left us a very small remnant, Like Sodom, had we become, Gomorrah, had we resembled.

⁷ Surely, the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted,––And he waited, For, equity, but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right, but lo! the cry of the wronged.

¹³ Alas! for him who buildeth, His house without righteousness, And his roof–chambers without justice,––Of his neighbour, taketh service for nought, And, recompense for his work, giveth him not.

¹¹ Surely, the stone out of the wall, will make outcry,––and, the tie out of the timber, will answer it.

⁵ Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,––and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.

⁷ And shall, God, in any wise not execute the vindication of his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, although he beareth long with regard to them?

²⁹ And, even as Isaiah hath before said,––If, the Lord of hosts, had not left us a seed, as Sodom, had we become, and, as Gomorrha, had we been made like.

¹ Ye masters! that which is just and equitable, unto your servants, be rendering, knowing that, ye also, have a Master in heaven.