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Patience in Suffering

James 5:8

In 9 translations

BSB
You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
KJV
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
WEB
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
ASV
Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
LSV
you also be patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the LORD has drawn near;
YLT
be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
DBY
Ye also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.
DRC
Be you therefore also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
GNV
Be ye also patient therefore and settle your hearts: for ye comming of the Lord draweth neere.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
μακροθυμήσατε καὶ ὑμεῖς, στηρίξατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἡ παρουσία τοῦ κυρίου ἤγγικεν.
RP2018
Μακροθυμήσατε καὶ ὑμεῖς, στηρίξατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἡ παρουσία τοῦ κυρίου ἤγγικεν.
TR-Boyd
Μακροθυμήσατε καὶ ὑμεῖς, στηρίξατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Κυρίου ἤγγικε.
SCR1894
μακροθυμησατε και υμεις στηριξατε τας καρδιας υμων οτι η παρουσια του κυριου ηγγικεν

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  • James 5:9Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
  • Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
  • 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
  • Psalms 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
  • Philippians 4:5Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.
  • 1 Thessalonians 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
  • Revelation 22:20He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
  • Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
  • Lamentations 3:25–26The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
  • Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
  • Romans 8:25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
  • Hebrews 10:25–37Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge…
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
  • Psalms 40:1–3I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth,…
  • Romans 13:11–12And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us…

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