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James 4:9
be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
James 4:9 · Young's Literal Translation
James 4:9 in other translations
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
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In context
6 and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'
7 be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;
8 draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
9 be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
10 be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.
11 Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;
12 one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou--who art thou that dost judge the other?
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