James 5:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJames 5:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
χρυσὸς
chrysós
G5557
gold
ὑμῶν
hymeîs
G5210
you
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἄργυρος
árgyros
G696
silver
κατίωται
katióō
G2728
to rust
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἰὸς
iós
G2447
poison
αὐτῶν
autós
G846
he
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
μαρτύριον
martýrion
G3142
testimony
ὑμῖν
hymeîs
G5210
you
ἔσται
eimí
G1510
to be
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
φάγεται
phágō
G5315
to eat
τὰς
ho
G3588
the
σάρκας
sárx
G4561
flesh
ὑμῶν
hymeîs
G5210
you
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
πῦρ
pŷr
G4442
fire
ἐθησαυρίσατε
thēsaurízō
G2343
to store up
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ἐσχάταις
éschatos
G2078
last
ἡμέραις
hēméra
G2250
day
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World English Bible Public Domain
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
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King James Version Public Domain
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Your gold and silver have been tarnished, and their rust will be for a testimony against you and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up in the last days.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).