James 5:5-6

New King James Version

⁵You have lived on the earth in pleasure and ^[a]luxury; you have ^[b]fattened your hearts ^[c]as in a day of slaughter. ⁶You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

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Footnotes

James 5:5 indulgence
James 5:5 Lit. nourished
James 5:5 NU omits as

James 5:5-6

Amplified Bible

⁵On the earth you have lived luxuriously and abandoned yourselves to soft living and led a life of wanton pleasure [self-indulgence, self-gratification]; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. ⁶You have condemned and have put to death the righteous man; he offers you no resistance.

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James 5:5-6

New International Version

⁵You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves^(A) in the day of slaughter.^[a]^(B) ⁶You have condemned and murdered^(C) the innocent one,^(D) who was not opposing you.