James 4:9

4:9 Grieve, mourn, ¹  and weep. Turn your laughter ²  into mourning and your joy into despair.

James 5:18

5:18 Then ³  he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

[4:9]  ¹ tn This term and the following one are preceded by καί (kai) in the Greek text, but contemporary English generally uses connectives only between the last two items in such a series.

[4:9]  ² tn Grk “let your laughter be turned.”

[5:18]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events.