Discovery BoxJames 2:3 
Context2:3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, 1 “You sit here in a good place,” 2 and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor”? 3
James 5:4
Context5:4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
1 tn Grk “and you pay attention…and say,” continuing the “if” clauses from v. 2. In the Greek text, vv. 2-4 form one long sentence.
2 tn Or “sit here, please.”
3 tn Grk “sit under my footstool.” The words “on the floor” have been supplied in the translation to clarify for the modern reader the undesirability of this seating arrangement (so also TEV, NIV, CEV, NLT). Another option followed by a number of translations is to replace “under my footstool” with “at my feet” (NAB, NIV, NRSV).
