James · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
James 5 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Ahora escuchen, ustedes los ricos: lloren y griten por las miserias que vienen sobre ustedes.
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
2 Sus riquezas se han podrido, y la polilla se ha comido sus ropas.
2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 Su oro y su plata se han corroído, y su corrosión dará testimonio contra ustedes y devorará su carne como fuego. Han acumulado tesoros para los últimos días.
3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
4 Miren, el salario de los trabajadores que cosecharon sus campos, el cual ustedes retuvieron con engaño, clama contra ustedes. Y los clamores de los cosechadores han llegado a los oídos del Señor de los ejércitos.
4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
5 Han vivido en la tierra con lujo y placer. Han engordado sus corazones como en día de matanza.
5 You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Han condenado y matado al justo, y él no les hace resistencia.
6 You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
7 Por tanto, hermanos, tengan paciencia hasta la venida del Señor. Miren cómo el labrador espera el precioso fruto de la tierra, aguardando con paciencia hasta que reciba la lluvia temprana y la tardía.
7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
8 Tengan también ustedes paciencia. Fortalezcan sus corazones, porque la venida del Señor se acerca.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
9 Hermanos, no se quejen unos contra otros, para que no sean juzgados. Miren, el Juez está a la puerta.
9 Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
10 Hermanos míos, tomen como ejemplo de sufrimiento y paciencia a los profetas que hablaron en el nombre del Señor.
10 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Nosotros llamamos dichosos a los que perseveraron. Ustedes han oído de la perseverancia de Job y han visto el fin que el Señor le dio, porque el Señor es muy compasivo y misericordioso.
11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12 Pero sobre todo, hermanos míos, no juren, ni por el cielo, ni por la tierra, ni por ningún otro juramento. Que su sí sea sí, y su no sea no, para que no caigan bajo juicio.
12 But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.
13 ¿Está alguno entre ustedes sufriendo? Que ore. ¿Está alguno alegre? Que cante alabanzas.
13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
14 ¿Está alguno enfermo entre ustedes? Que llame a los ancianos de la iglesia, y que ellos oren por él, ungiéndolo con aceite en el nombre del Señor.
14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
15 Y la oración de fe salvará al enfermo, y el Señor lo levantará. Si ha cometido pecados, le serán perdonados.
15 and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Por tanto, confiésense sus pecados unos a otros y oren unos por otros, para que sean sanados. La oración eficaz del justo tiene mucho poder.
16 Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
17 Elías era hombre con una naturaleza como la nuestra, y oró con fervor para que no lloviera; y no llovió sobre la tierra durante tres años y seis meses.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.
18 Luego oró otra vez, y el cielo dio lluvia, y la tierra produjo su fruto.
18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
19 Hermanos míos, si alguno de ustedes se desvía de la verdad, y otro lo hace volver,
19 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
20 sepa que el que hace volver al pecador del error de su camino salvará un alma de la muerte y cubrirá multitud de pecados.
20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 11:28; 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Proverbs 11:4; James 1:11; Luke 6:24–25
- 2 Matthew 6:19–20; Job 13:28; Luke 12:33; Isaiah 50:9; Isaiah 51:8
- 3 Romans 2:5; James 5:7–8; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 20:15; Isaiah 2:2
- 4 Leviticus 19:13; Jeremiah 22:13; Deuteronomy 24:14–15; Romans 9:29; Malachi 3:5
- 5 1 Timothy 5:6; Luke 16:25; Luke 16:19; Revelation 19:17–18; Amos 6:1
- 6 1 Peter 2:22–23; John 19:9–11; Matthew 5:39; Acts 8:32; Isaiah 53:7
- 7 Hebrews 12:1–3; James 5:8–9; Joel 2:23; Galatians 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:14
- 8 James 5:9; Galatians 5:22; Psalm 37:7; 1 Peter 4:7; Psalm 27:14
- 9 Leviticus 19:18; 1 Corinthians 4:5; James 4:11; Galatians 5:14; Matthew 7:1–2
- 10 Hebrews 11:32–38; Matthew 5:11–12; Hebrews 13:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:14–15; Acts 7:52
- 11 James 1:12; Exodus 34:6; Job 1:21–22; Isaiah 55:6–7; Matthew 5:10–11
- 12 Matthew 5:33–37; Matthew 23:16–22; 2 Corinthians 1:17–20
- 13 Psalm 50:15; Jonah 2:2; Ephesians 5:19; Acts 16:24–25; Revelation 19:1–6
- 14 Mark 6:13; Acts 28:8; Mark 16:18; 2 Kings 5:11; Acts 9:40
- 15 1 John 5:14–16; James 5:13; James 5:16; James 1:6; Matthew 21:21–22
- 16 Jeremiah 29:12–13; Proverbs 15:29; Matthew 21:22; Psalm 34:15; John 9:31
- 17 1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; 1 Kings 18:1; Revelation 11:6; Acts 14:15
- 18 1 Kings 18:42–45; Jeremiah 14:22; 1 Kings 18:18; Acts 14:17
- 19 Galatians 6:1; Matthew 18:15; James 5:20; Jude 22–23; Luke 22:32
- 20 1 Peter 4:8; Proverbs 10:12; 1 Timothy 4:16; Proverbs 11:30; Romans 11:14
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Let us listen to the Apostle James, who states this precept with the greatest clearness when he says, "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another." For of this also the Lord gave us the example.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Also, the converting our brethren from their wandering. For, it is said, "Go thou, and convert thy brethren, that thy sins may be forgiven thee." And from one's being in close relations with the priests, "and if," it is said, "a man hath committed sins it shall be forgiven him." ( Jas.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)