James 5:5 — Compare Translations

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[Here] on earth you have abandoned yourselves to soft (prodigal) living and to [the pleasures of] self-indulgence and self-gratification. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

[Here] on earth you have abandoned yourselves to soft (prodigal) living and to [the pleasures of] self-indulgence and self-gratification. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts [as] in a day of slaughter;

English EASY 2024

During your life here on this earth, you have had all that you wanted. You have lived like kings. You have eaten as much food as you want. So now you are like fat animals that are ready for men to kill.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Your life on earth was full of rich living. You pleased yourselves with everything you wanted. You made yourselves fat, like an animal ready for the day of slaughter.

You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.

English God's Word - GW 1995

You have lived in luxury and pleasure here on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You have lived luxuriously on the land and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

English KJV 1611

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

English LSB

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and lived in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You have lived in pleasure on the earth and have been wayward. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You have lived an easy life on earth. You have given yourselves everything you wanted. You have made yourselves fat like cattle that will soon be butchered.

English NIV

You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.

English NKJ 1982

You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

English NLT

You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every whim. Now your hearts are nice and fat, ready for the slaughter.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

You have indulged yourselves with every luxury and pleasure this world offers, but you’re only stuffing your heart full for a day of slaughter.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

You have spent your years here on earth having fun, satisfying your every whim, and now your fat hearts are ready for the slaughter.

English Tyndale 1537

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and in wantonness. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.