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James 5:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Is
kakopatheo (Greek #2553)
to undergo hardship
KJV usage: be afflicted, endure afflictions (hardness), suffer trouble.
Pronounce: kak-op-ath-eh'-o
Origin: from the same as 2552
any
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
among
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
afflicted
kakopatheo (Greek #2553)
to undergo hardship
KJV usage: be afflicted, endure afflictions (hardness), suffer trouble.
Pronounce: kak-op-ath-eh'-o
Origin: from the same as 2552
? let him pray
proseuchomai (Greek #4336)
to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship
KJV usage: pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
Pronounce: pros-yoo'-khom-ahee
Origin: from 4314 and 2172
i. Is
euthumeo (Greek #2114)
to cheer up, i.e. (intransitively) be cheerful; neuter comparative (adverbially) more cheerfully
KJV usage: be of good cheer (merry).
Pronounce: yoo-thoo-meh'-o
Origin: from 2115
any
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
merry
euthumeo (Greek #2114)
to cheer up, i.e. (intransitively) be cheerful; neuter comparative (adverbially) more cheerfully
KJV usage: be of good cheer (merry).
Pronounce: yoo-thoo-meh'-o
Origin: from 2115
? let him sing psalms
psallo (Greek #5567)
to twitch or twang, i.e. to play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes)
KJV usage: make melody, sing (psalms).
Pronounce: psal'-lo
Origin: probably strengthened from ψάω (to rub or touch the surface; compare 5597)
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2 Chron. 33:12•  (2 Chron. 33:12)
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Jonah 2:2•  (Jonah 2:2)
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Eph. 5:19• 19speaking to each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting in your heart to the Lord; (Eph. 5:19)

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any among.
2 Chron. 33:12‑13•  (2 Chron. 33:12‑13)
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Job 33:26•  (Job 33:26)
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Psa. 18:6•  (Psa. 18:6)
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Psa. 50:15•  (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 91:15•  (Psa. 91:15)
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Psa. 116:3‑5•  (Psa. 116:3‑5)
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Psa. 118:5•  (Psa. 118:5)
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Psa. 142:1‑3•  (Psa. 142:1‑3)
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Lam. 3:55‑56•  (Lam. 3:55‑56)
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Hos. 6:1•  (Hos. 6:1)
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Jonah 2:2,7•  (Jonah 2:2,7)
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Luke 22:44• 44And being in conflict he prayed more intently, and his sweat became as clots of blood falling down upon the earth. (Luke 22:44)
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Luke 23:42• 42And he said to Jesus, Remember me when thou shalt come in thy kingdom. (Luke 23:42)
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Acts 16:24‑25• 24who having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet into the stocks.
 25But about midnight, Paul and Silas in praying were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; (Acts 16:24‑25)
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2 Cor. 12:7‑10• 7And that I should not be uplifted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be uplifted overmuch.
 8For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me;
 9and he hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on me.
 10Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Cor. 12:7‑10)
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Heb. 5:7• 7who in the days of his flesh having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him that was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears, and having been heard because of his godly fear, (Heb. 5:7)
any merry.
Judg. 16:23‑25•  (Judg. 16:23‑25)
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Dan. 5:4•  (Dan. 5:4)
let him sing.
1 Chron. 16:9•  (1 Chron. 16:9)
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Psa. 95:2•  (Psa. 95:2)
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Psa. 105:2•  (Psa. 105:2)
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Mic. 4:5•  (Mic. 4:5)
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Matt. 26:30• 30{i}And having sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives.{/i} (Matt. 26:30)
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1 Cor. 14:26• 26What is it then, brethren? Whenever ye come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edification. (1 Cor. 14:26)
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Eph. 5:19• 19speaking to each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting in your heart to the Lord; (Eph. 5:19)
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Col. 3:16‑17• 16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to God.
 17And everything, whatever ye do in word or in work, [do] all in [the] name of [the] Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him. (Col. 3:16‑17)
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Rev. 5:9‑14• 9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain and hast bought [us] to God by thy blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;
 10and hast made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth.
 11And I saw, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders: and the number of them was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
 12saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that is slain to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
 13And every creature which is in the heaven and on the earth and under the earth and [such as are] on the sea and all things in them heard I saying, To him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb {i}be{/i} the blessing and the honour and the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages.
 14And the four living creatures said, Amen: and the elders fell down and worshipped. (Rev. 5:9‑14)
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Rev. 7:10• 10and they cry with a loud voice, saying, The salvation to our God that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb. (Rev. 7:10)
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Rev. 14:3• 3and they sing [as] a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song but the hundred forty {i}and{/i} four thousand that were bought from the earth. (Rev. 14:3)
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Rev. 19:1‑6• 1After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Alleluia! the salvation, the glory and the power of our God:
 2for true and righteous {i}are{/i} his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
 3And a second time they said, Alleluia! and her smoke riseth up unto the ages of the ages.
 4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God that sitteth on the throne, saying, Amen, Alleluia!
 5And a voice came forth out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, the little and the great.
 6And I heard as a voice of a great multitude, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Alleluia! for the Lord [our] God the Almighty hath reigned. (Rev. 19:1‑6)
• If any were afflicted, let them pray (God was ready to hear). (“James 5” by J.N. Darby)
• Our natural tendency is to revile when reviled, to meet charges with counter-charges, and malice with malice. This is simply to meet flesh with flesh. God's way for us is very different and very simple. In the presence of every wrong we have a God-given resource. Instead of taking things into our own hands, we are to take them to God in prayer. (“The Coming of the Lord: James 5” by H. Smith)
• Our joys as our sorrows are to be the occasion of turning to God. (“The Coming of the Lord: James 5” by H. Smith)
• {suffer evil} The resource of the afflicted saint is prayer. We do not always realize this. So often we merely betake ourselves to kindly friends, who will listen to the recital of our troubles, or to wealthy and influential friends, who perchance may be able to help us in our troubles, and prayer falls into the background. (“James 5” by F.B. Hole)
• Psalms, by which we understand any poetical or metrical composition of a spiritual sort which can be set to music. The happy heart sings, and the happy Christian is to be no exception in this. (“James 5” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.

W. Kelly Translation

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Doth any among you suffer trouble? Let him pray. Is any happy? Let him sing praisea.

WK Translation Notes

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Is it not praise, not psalms, that the cheerful soul was to sing?