KJV: Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
YLT: lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.
Darby: Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful.
ASV: Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
ἰδοὺ | Behold |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: ἰδού Sense: behold, see, lo. |
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μακαρίζομεν | we count blessed |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural Root: μακαρίζω Sense: to pronounce blessed. |
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τοὺς | those |
Parse: Article, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ὑπομείναντας | having persevered |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ἀπομένω Sense: to remain. |
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ὑπομονὴν | perseverance |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ὑπομονή Sense: steadfastness, constancy, endurance. |
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Ἰὼβ | of Job |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Ἰώβ Sense: a man known for his piety and, consistency and fortitude in the endurance of trials. |
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ἠκούσατε | you have heard of |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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τέλος | outcome |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: τέλος Sense: end. |
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Κυρίου | from [the] Lord |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: κύριος Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord. |
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εἴδετε | you have seen |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
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ὅτι | that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since. |
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πολύσπλαγχνός | full of compassion |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: πολυεύσπλαγχνος Sense: full of pity, very kind. |
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Κύριος | Lord |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: κύριος Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord. |
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οἰκτίρμων | [is] merciful |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: οἰκτίρμων Sense: merciful. |
Greek Commentary for James 5:11
Old word (present active indicative of μακαριζω makarizō), from μακαριος makarios (happy), in N.T. only here and Luke 1:48. “We felicitate.” As in James 1:3, James 1:12; Daniel 12:12. [source]
First aorist (constative) active indicative of ακουω akouō As in Matthew 5:21, Matthew 5:27, Matthew 5:33, Matthew 5:38, Matthew 5:43. Ropes suggests in the synagogues.Of Job (Ιωβ Iōb). Job did complain, but he refused to renounce God (Job 1:21; Job 2:10; Job 13:15; Job 16:19; Job 19:25.). He had become a stock illustration of loyal endurance.Ye have seen Second aorist (constative) active indicative of οραω horaō In Job‘s case.The end of the Lord (το τελος κυριου to telos kuriou). The conclusion wrought by the Lord in Job‘s case (Job 42:12).Full of pity Late and rare compound “Very kind.”Merciful (οικτειρω oiktirmōn). Late and rare adjective (from oikteirō to pity), in N.T. only here and Luke 6:36. [source]
Job did complain, but he refused to renounce God (Job 1:21; Job 2:10; Job 13:15; Job 16:19; Job 19:25.). He had become a stock illustration of loyal endurance. [source]
Second aorist (constative) active indicative of οραω horaō In Job‘s case.The end of the Lord (το τελος κυριου to telos kuriou). The conclusion wrought by the Lord in Job‘s case (Job 42:12).Full of pity Late and rare compound “Very kind.”Merciful (οικτειρω oiktirmōn). Late and rare adjective (from oikteirō to pity), in N.T. only here and Luke 6:36. [source]
The conclusion wrought by the Lord in Job‘s case (Job 42:12). [source]
Late and rare compound “Very kind.”Merciful (οικτειρω oiktirmōn). Late and rare adjective (from oikteirō to pity), in N.T. only here and Luke 6:36. [source]
Late and rare adjective (from oikteirō to pity), in N.T. only here and Luke 6:36. [source]
Present participle. But the later texts read ὑπομείναντας , the aorist participle, which endured; referring to the prophets in the past ages. So Rev. On endured and patience, see on James 5:7. [source]
A peculiar expression. The happy conclusion to which God brought Job's trials. [source]
The former adjective only here in New Testament; the latter here and Luke 6:36. Rev., full of pity and merciful. Πολυσπλαγχνός is from πολύς , much, and σπλάγχνα , the nobler entrails, used like our heart, as the seat of the emotions Hence the term bowels in the A. V. (Philemon 1:8; Colossians 3:12, etc.). Compare εὔσπλαγχνοι , tender-hearted, Ephesians 4:32. The distinction between this and οἰκτίρμων , merciful, seems to be that the former denotes the general quality of compassion, while the latter emphasizes the sympathy called out by special cases, being the feeling which is moved to pain at another's suffering. [source]
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See on James 5:11. [source]
Lit., bowels of mercy. See on 1 Peter 3:8; and James 5:11. Rev. gives heart of mercy in margin. Wyc., frightfully, entrails of mercy. [source]
Cited from Job 5:13, but not following the Septuagint verbally. The verb occurs only here, meaning to grasp with the hand. Rev., more accurately, gives the force of the participle with the article, he that taketh. This is the only allusion to the book of Job in the New Testament, except James 5:11. [source]
See on 1 Peter 3:8; see on James 5:11. Rev., affections. It is your love that is contracted. [source]
The same figure as in 2 Corinthians 6:11. See note on 2 Corinthians 4:8 for στενοχωρεω stenochōreō There is no restraint in me (my heart). My adversaries may have caused some of you to tighten up your affections (σπλαγχνα splagchna for affection as in James 5:11; 1 Peter 3:8). [source]
A direct corollary First aorist (constative) active imperative of μακροτυμεω makrothumeō late compound (Plutarch, lxx) from μακροτυμος makrothumos On the exhortation to patience (υπομενω hupomonē) see James 1:3., James 1:12 and repeated in James 5:11. They will need both submission (μακροτυμια hupomenō James 5:11) and steadfastness (εως της παρουσιας makrothumia James 5:10). [source]