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Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure[a] for the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

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  1. James 5:3 Or will eat your flesh, since you have stored up fire

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

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.

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

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Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (A)You have heaped up treasure in the last days. Indeed (B)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and (C)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of [a]Sabaoth. You have lived on the earth in pleasure and [b]luxury; you have [c]fattened your hearts [d]as in a day of slaughter.

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  1. James 5:4 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
  2. James 5:5 indulgence
  3. James 5:5 Lit. nourished
  4. James 5:5 NU omits as