King James Version
James 5:6 in the King James Version says “Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.” — study this verse from James chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.”
James 5:6 · KJV
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
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. Be: or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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“the just”
G1342equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
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