Jam 5:11 | RWP | e4.org | We call blessed ( μακαριζομεν ). Old word (present active indicative of μακαριζω ), from μακαριος (happy), in N.T. only here and . "We felicitate." As in , ; . Ye have heard ( ηκουσατε ). First aorist (constative) active indicative of ακουω . As in , , , , . Ropes suggests in the synagogues. Of Job ( Ιωβ ). Job did complain, but he refused to renounce God ( ; ; ; ; .). He had become a stock illustration of loyal endurance. Ye have seen ( ειδετε ). Second aorist (constative) active indicative of οραω . In Job's case. The end of the Lord ( το τελος κυριου ). The conclusion wrought by the Lord in Job's case ( ). Full of pity ( πολυσπλαγχνος ). Late and rare compound ( πολυσ, σπλαγχνον ), only here in N.T. It occurs also in Hermas ( Sim . v. 7. 4; Mand . iv, 3). "Very kind." Merciful ( οικτιρμων ). Late and rare adjective (from οικτειρω to pity), in N.T. only here and .

‏ James 5:11

We call blessed ( μακαριζομεν ). Old word (present active indicative of μακαριζω ), from μακαριος (happy), in N.T. only here and Lu 1:48. "We felicitate." As in 1:3, 12; Da 12:12.

Ye have heard ( ηκουσατε ). First aorist (constative) active indicative of ακουω. As in Mt 5:21, 27, 33, 38, 43. Ropes suggests in the synagogues.

Of Job ( Ιωβ ). Job did complain, but he refused to renounce God (Job 1:21; 2:10; 13:15; 16:19; 19:25f.). He had become a stock illustration of loyal endurance.

Ye have seen ( ειδετε ). Second aorist (constative) active indicative of οραω. In Job's case.

The end of the Lord ( το τελος κυριου ). The conclusion wrought by the Lord in Job's case (Job 42:12).

Full of pity ( πολυσπλαγχνος ). Late and rare compound ( πολυσ, σπλαγχνον ), only here in N.T. It occurs also in Hermas (Sim. v. 7. 4; Mand. iv, 3). "Very kind."

Merciful ( οικτιρμων ). Late and rare adjective (from οικτειρω to pity), in N.T. only here and Lu 6:36.