Yakobus 5:18

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Lalu ia berdoa pula dan langit menurunkan hujan dan bumipun mengeluarkan buahnya.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Lalu ia berdoa pula dan langit menurunkan hujan dan bumipun mengeluarkan buahnya.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka berdoa pula ia, lalu langit pun menurunkan hujan dan bumi pun mengeluarkan isinya.

Contextual Overview

¹² But aboue all thynges my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by earth, neither any other othe: Let your yea, be yea, and your nay nay, lest you fall into condempnation. ¹³ Is any among you afflicted? let hym pray. Is any mery? let him sing psalmes. ¹⁴ Is any diseased among you? let hym call for the elders of the Churche, and let them pray for him, and annoynt him with oyle in the name of the Lorde: ¹⁵ And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke, and the Lorde shall raise him vp: and yf he haue committed sinnes, they shalbe forgeuen hym. ¹⁶ Knowledge your faultes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: For ye feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much. ¹⁷ Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes. ¹⁸ And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, & the earth brought foorth her fruite. ¹⁹ Brethren, yf any of you do erre from the trueth, and another conuert hym, ²⁰ Let the same knowe, that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes.

Bible Verse Review
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1 Kings 18:18, 1 Kings 18:42-45, Jeremiah 14:22, Acts 14:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:33 - and the thunders Leviticus 26:4 - Then I 1 Kings 8:36 - give rain 2 Chronicles 6:27 - send rain Job 12:15 - Behold Job 37:12 - that Job 38:34 - General Psalms 147:8 - prepareth Jeremiah 5:24 - that giveth Luke 9:30 - Elias

Cross-References

Genesis 4:17
Cain also knewe his wyfe, whiche conceaued and bare Henoch, and buyldyng a citie, he called the name of the same citie after the name of his sonne Henoch.

Genesis 5:14
And all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and ten yeres, and he dyed.

Genesis 5:15
Mahalaleel liued sixtie and fiue yeres, and begate Iered.

1 Chronicles 1:3
Henoh, Methusalah, Lamech.

Luke 3:37
Whiche was the sonne of Mathusala, whiche was the sonne of Enoch, which was the sonne of Iared, whiche was the sonne of Maleleel, whiche was the sonne of Cainan:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he prayed again,.... 1 Kings 18:42. Here also is no express mention of his prayer, but it may be concluded from his gestures; and so the Jewish interpreters understand these words, "Elijah went up to the top of Carmel", להתפלל, "to pray, and he cast himself down upon the earth", להתפלל על הגשמים, "to pray for rain; and he put his face between his knees", והתפלל, "and prayed, and said to his servant, go up now, look toward the sea"; and this he said while he was בתפילתו, "in his prayers" i: and the effect of this his prayer was,

and the heaven gave rain; see 1 Kings 18:45.

And the earth brought forth her fruit: which for the years past it had not; hence there was a sore famine in the land, 1 Kings 18:2. Now the apostle chose to give this example, because it was a common thing for the Jews to ask for rain: we often read of such a doctor, that he prayed for rain, and it came; and of another, that he asked for the rains, and they descended k: and his view is to observe, that the weakness and infirmities of the saints ought not to discourage them from prayer; and that they should be earnest and fervent in it, as was Elias, a man of like passions with themselves.

i Jarchi, Kimchi, Ralbag, & Laniado in loc. k T. Bab. Moed Katon, fol. 28. 1. & Taanith, fol. 19. 1. 23. 1. 24. 2. 25. 2. & Yoma, fol. 53. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he prayed again - The allusion here seems to be to 1 Kings 18:42, 1 Kings 18:45, though it is not expressly said there that he prayed. Perhaps it might be fairly gathered from the narrative that he did pray, or at least that would be the presumption, for he put himself into a natural attitude of prayer. “He cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,” 1 Kings 18:42. In such circumstances, it is to be fairly presumed that such a man would pray; but it is remarkable that it is not expressly mentioned, and quite as remarkable that James should have made his argument turn on a thing which is not expressly mentioned, but which seems to have been a matter of inference. It seems probable to me, therefore, that there was some tradition on which he relied, or that it was a common interpretation of the passage in 1 Kings, that Elijah prayed earnestly, and that this was generally believed by those to whom the apostle wrote. Of the fact that Elijah was a man of prayer, no one could doubt; and in these circumstances the tradition and common belief were sufficient to justify the argument which is employed here.

And the heaven gave rain - The clouds gave rain. “The heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain,” 1 Kings 18:45.

And the earth brought forth her fruit - The famine ceased, and the land again became productive. The case referred to here was indeed a miracle, but it was a case of the power of prayer, and therefore to the point. If God would work a miracle in answer to prayer, it is reasonable to presume that he will bestow upon us the blessings which we need in the same way.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. And he prayed again — This second prayer is not mentioned in the history in express words, but as in 1 Kings 18:42, it is said, He cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees; that was probably the time of the second praying, namely, that rain might come, as this was the proper posture of prayer.