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Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

The hire (ο μισθος). Old word for wages (Matthew 20:8).

Labourers (εργατων). Any one who works…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields. In the previous verses, the form of the sin that the apostle …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Behold, the hire of the labourers.—Not merely the wrong of the poor, but the wages kept back from him by the miserly mast…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The second crime the rich are charged with is that they “failed to pay the workmen” who harvested their crops. Here James vividly pictures the unpa…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Behold, the hire. He now condemns cruelty, the invariable companion of avarice. But he refers only to one kind, which, above all others, o…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Behold the hire of the labourers, who have reaped down
your fields
The wages agreed f…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Public troubles are most grievous to those who live in pleasure, and are complacent and worldly, though all ranks suffer deeply at such times. All …

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