Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will [a]serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is (A)in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! Behold, (B)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and (C)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of (D)the Lord [b]of armies. You have [c](E)lived for pleasure on the earth and lived luxuriously; you have [d]fattened your hearts in (F)a day of slaughter.

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  1. James 5:3 Lit be for
  2. James 5:4 Gr sabaoth, for Heb tsebaoth
  3. James 5:5 Or led a life of self-indulgence
  4. James 5:5 Lit nourished

Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.(A) Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(B) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(C) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(D) You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(E) in the day of slaughter.[a](F)

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  1. James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting