James Chapter 5 verse 8 Holy Bible
Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
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Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.
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*Ye* also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.
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Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
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be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - Application of illustration, repeating the exhortation of ver. 7, and supporting it by the assurance that "the coming of the Lord," till which they are to endure, "is at hand." Stablish your hearts (comp. 1 Thessalonians 3:13, "To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints"). The coming of the Lord draweth nigh. So Isaiah had announced (Isaiah 13:6), "The day of the Lord is near (ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα Κυρίου)."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) The coming of the Lord draweth nigh.--Read thus, The presence of the Lord is nigh. For the ancient belief in the nearness of Christ's second advent, see Note above, in James 5:3. The word used by the Apostle to describe its closeness is the same as that used in Matthew 3:2, "The kingdom of heaven is at hand" The afflicted are therefore to establish, or rather strengthen, their hearts. If "comfort" retained its older sense, such would express the true idea. Comp. the great prophecy of Israel's consolation (Isaiah 40, et seq.).