James 4:9 - Exposition

St. James's version of "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted" ( Matthew 5:4 ). Be afflicted. ταλαιπωρήσατε : only here in the New Testament, occasionally in the LXX . Heaviness . κατήφεια : another ἄπαξ λεγόμενον , apparently never found in the LXX . or in the apostolic Fathers; it is, however, used by Josephus and Philo. It is equivalent to "dejection," and "exactly describes the attitude of the publican, who would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, Luke 18:13 (Plumptre)."