8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.
8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
8 Be patient like that. Stay steady and strong. The Master could arrive at any time.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
8 You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on James 5:8
Commentary on James 5:7-11
(Read James 5:7-11)
Consider him that waits for a crop of corn; and will not you wait for a crown of glory? If you should be called to wait longer than the husbandman, is not there something more worth waiting for? In every sense the coming of the Lord drew nigh, and all his people's losses, hardships, and sufferings, would be repaid. Men count time long, because they measure it by their own lives; but all time is as nothing to God; it is as a moment. To short-lived creatures a few years seem an age; but Scripture, measuring all things by the existence of God, reckons thousands of years but so many days. God brought about things in Job's case, so as plainly to prove that he is very pitiful and of tender mercy. This did not appear during his troubles, but was seen in the event, and believers now will find a happy end to their trials. Let us serve our God, and bear our trials, as those who believe that the end will crown all. Our eternal happiness is safe if we trust to him: all else is mere vanity, which soon will be done with for ever.