Verse Comparison: James 5:5
American Standard Version
Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Amplified® Bible
[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.
Contemporary English Version
While here on earth, you have thought only of filling your own stomachs and having a good time. But now you are like fat cattle on their way to be butchered.
Darby English Version
Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts [as] in a day of slaughter;
Good News Bible
Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.
International Standard Version
You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
King James Version
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
New American Standard Bible
You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
New International Version
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.
New King James Version
You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Young's Literal Translation
ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
