MODERN LITERAL VERSION

5:1 Come now you* rich, weep, howling in your* miseries, which are coming upon you *.
5:2 Your* riches have rotted and your* garments have become moth-eaten.
5:3 Your* gold and silver have tarnished, and their tarnish will be *for a testimony against you* and will eat your* flesh like fire. You* have stored up treasure in the last days.
5:4 Behold, the wages of the workers who mowed your* farmlands, these wages which have been defrauded by you*, are crying out against you * and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
5:5 You* have caroused upon the land and are self-indulgent; you* have nourished your* hearts as in a day of slaughter.
5:6 You* have sentenced others, you* have murdered the righteous; he is not resisting you*.

5:7 Therefore brethren, be patient until the presence of the Lord. Behold, the farmer who is waiting for the precious fruit of the earth, is patient over it, until it might receive the morning and evening rainfall.
5:8 You* also, be patient; establish your* hearts, because the presence of the Lord has drawn near.
5:9 Brethren, do not groan against one another, that* you* may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors.

5:10 Brethren, take as an example of suffering evil treatment and of patience the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
5:11 Behold, we esteem those fortunate who are enduring. You* have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the end of the Lord, how that he is very affectionate and compassionate.

5:12 But before all things my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath, but let your* yes be yes and your* no be no; that* you* may not fall into hypocrisy.

5:13 Is anyone among you* suffering evil treatment? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing-praise.
5:14 Is anyone among you* sick? Let him call for the elders of the congregation*, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
5:15 And the vow of the faith will save him who is weary and the Lord will lift him up, even if he has been practicing sins, it will be forgiven him.

5:16 Therefore confess your* trespasses to one another and pray on behalf of one another, *that you* may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man prevails– much in its working.
5:17 Elijah was a man of like-feelings with us and he prayed with intense prayer that it might not rain, and it did not rain upon the land for three years and six months.
5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rainfall and the land sprouted her fruit.

5:19 Brethren, if anyone among you* are misled from the truth and someone should return him to it;
5:20 let him know, that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will hide a multitude of sins.