Romans 12:15

King James Version

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Reioyce with them that reioyce, & weepe with them that weepe.

Christian Standard Bible®
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Hebrew Names Version
Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Darby Translation
Rejoice with those that rejoice, weep with those that weep.

Easy-to-Read Version
When others are happy, you should be happy with them. And when others are sad, you should be sad too.

Amplified Bible
Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others' joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others' grief].

American Standard Version
Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

Berean Standard Bible
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Contemporary English Version
When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad.

Complete Jewish Bible
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

International Standard Version
Rejoice with those who are rejoicing. Cry with those who are crying.1 Corinthians 12:26;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Rejoice with them who rejoice, and weep with them who weep.

Murdock Translation
Rejoice with them who rejoice: and weep with them who weep.

King James Version (1611)
Reioyce with them that doe reioice, and weepe with them that weepe.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Reioyce with them that do reioyce, and wepe with them that wepe.

English Revised Version
Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

Lexham English Bible
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Literal Translation
Rejoice with rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;

New Century Version
Be happy with those who are happy, and be sad with those who are sad.

New English Translation
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

New King James Version
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

New Living Translation
Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.

New Revised Standard
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.

George Lamsa Translation
Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Good News Translation
Be happy with those who are happy, weep with those who weep.

Webster's Bible Translation
Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Weymouth's New Testament
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for to ioye with men that ioyen, for to wepe with men that wepen.

World English Bible
Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Revised Standard Version
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Be mery with the that are mery. Wepe wt them that wepe.

Update Bible Version
Rejoice with those that rejoice; weep with those that weep.

Young's Literal Translation
to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

Bible in Basic English
Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

New American Standard Bible
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Be mery with them that are mery and wepe with them that wepe.

Mace New Testament (1729)
bless them, but curse not. rejoice with those that do rejoice, and weep with those that weep.

New Life Bible
Be happy with those who are happy. Be sad with those who are sad.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Give a smile to those with a smile and shed a tear with those shedding tears.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

Legacy Standard Bible
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep,

Contextual Overview

¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. ² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. ³ For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. ⁴ For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: ⁵ So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. ⁶ Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; ⁷ Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; ⁸ Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. ⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. ¹⁰ Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Bible Verse Review
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Rejoice: Isaiah 66:10-14, Luke 1:58, Luke 15:5-10, Acts 11:23, 1 Corinthians 12:26, 2 Corinthians 2:3, Philippians 2:17, Philippians 2:18, Philippians 2:28

weep: Nehemiah 1:4, Job 2:11, Psalms 35:13, Psalms 35:14, Jeremiah 9:1, John 11:19, John 11:33-36, 2 Corinthians 11:29, Philippians 2:26, Hebrews 13:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:6 - will laugh Genesis 42:24 - wept Exodus 18:9 - General Ruth 4:14 - the women 1 Samuel 11:4 - lifted up 2 Samuel 1:11 - likewise 2 Samuel 15:23 - all the country 2 Samuel 15:30 - weeping 2 Samuel 19:24 - dressed his feet Esther 4:5 - to know Job 6:14 - To him Job 16:4 - if your soul Job 19:21 - have pity Job 30:25 - Did not I Job 42:11 - they bemoaned Psalms 35:27 - shout Proverbs 17:5 - and Proverbs 25:20 - so Ecclesiastes 3:4 - time to weep Jeremiah 38:12 - Put Ezekiel 32:18 - wail Amos 6:6 - but Matthew 18:31 - they Luke 15:24 - they 1 Corinthians 4:8 - ye did 2 Corinthians 2:2 - General 2 Corinthians 6:10 - sorrowful 2 Corinthians 7:13 - we were Philippians 2:4 - General Hebrews 10:24 - consider 1 Peter 3:8 - having

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 12:16
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Genesis 40:2
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

Genesis 41:1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

Exodus 2:5
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Exodus 2:15
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

1 Kings 3:1
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord , and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Rejoice with them that do rejoice,.... Not in anything sinful and criminal, in a thing of nought, in men's own boastings; all such rejoicing is evil, and not to be joined in; but in things good and laudable, as in outward prosperity; and to rejoice with such, is a very difficult task; for unless persons have a near concern in the prosperity of others, they are very apt to envy it, or to murmur and repine, that they are not in equal, or superior circumstances; and also in things spiritual, with such who rejoice in the discoveries of God's love to their souls, in the views of interest in Christ, and of peace, pardon, and righteousness by him, and in hope of the glory of God; when such souls make their boast in the Lord, the humble hearing thereof will be glad, and will, as they ought to do, join with them in magnifying the Lord, and will exalt his name together:

and weep with them that weep; so Christ, as he rejoiced with them that rejoiced, at the marriage in Cana of Galilee, wept with them that wept, with Mary at the grave of Lazarus. The design of these rules is to excite and encourage sympathy in the saints with each other, in all conditions inward and outward, and with respect to things temporal and spiritual; in imitation of Christ their great high priest, who cannot but be touched with the infirmities of his people; and as founded upon, and arising from, their relation to each other, as members of the same body; see 1 Corinthians 12:26;

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rejoice with them ... - This command grows out of the doctrine stated in Romans 12:4-5, that the church is one; that it has one interest; and therefore that there should be common sympathy in its joys and sorrows. Or, enter into the welfare of your fellow-Christians, and show your attachment to them by rejoicing that they are made happy; compare 1 Corinthians 12:26, “And whether .... one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.” In this way happiness diffuses and multiplies itself. It becomes expanded over the face of the whole society; and the union of the Christian body tends to enlarge the sphere of happiness and to prolong the joy conferred by religion. God has bound the family of man together by these sympathies, and it is one of the happiest of all devices to perpetuate and extend human enjoyments.

Weep ... - See the note at John 11:35. At the grave of Lazarus our Saviour evinced this in a most tender and affecting manner. The design of this direction is to produce mutual kindness and affection, and to divide our sorrows by the sympathies of friends. Nothing is so well suited to do this as the sympathy of those we love. All who are afflicted know how much it diminishes their sorrow to see others sympathizing with them, and especially those who evince in their sympathies the Christian spirit. How sad would be a suffering world if there were none who regarded our griefs with interest or with tears! if every sufferer were left to bear his sorrows unpitied and alone! and if all the ties of human sympathy were rudely cut at once, and people were left to suffer in solitude and unbefriended! It may be added that it is the special duty of Christians to sympathize in each other’s griefs:

1. Because their Saviour set them the example;
2. Because they belong to the same family;
3. Because they are subject to similar trials and afflictions; and,
4. Because they cannot expect the sympathy of a cold and unfeeling world.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 12:15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice — Take a lively interest in the prosperity of others. Let it be a matter of rejoicing to you when you hear of the health, prosperity, or happiness of any brother.

Weep with them that weep. — Labour after a compassionate or sympathizing mind. Let your heart feel for the distressed; enter into their sorrows, and bear a part of their burdens. It is a fact, attested by universal experience, that by sympathy a man may receive into his own affectionate feelings a measure of the distress of his friend, and that his friend does find himself relieved in the same proportion as the other has entered into his griefs. "But how do you account for this?" I do not account for it at all, it depends upon certain laws of nature, the principles of which have not been as yet duly developed.