Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Ye also (kai umeiv). As well as the farmers.
Stablish (sthricate). First aorist active imperative of sthrizw, old verb, (from sthrigc, a support) to make stable, as in Luke 22:32; I Thessalonians 3:13.
Is at hand (hggiken). Present perfect active indicative of eggizw, common verb, to draw near (from egguv), in James 4:8, for drawing near. Same form used by John in his preaching (Matthew 3:2). In I Peter 4:7 the same word appears to have an eschatological sense as apparently here. How "near" or "nigh" did James mean? Clearly, it could only be a hope, for Jesus had distinctly said that no one knew when he would return.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing James 5:8:
James 5:1
James 5:7
1 Peter 4:7
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