James 5:3
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 James 5:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Your gold and silver are rusted; and the rust on them will be evidence against you, and will eat into your flesh. It was fire, so to speak, that you stored up for yourselves in these last days.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Euer Gold und Silber ist verrostet, und ihr Rost wird zum Zeugnis sein wider euch und euer Fleisch fressen wie Feuer; ihr habt Schätze gesammelt in den letzten Tagen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Vuestro oro y plata están corrompidos de orín; y su orín os será en testimonio, y comerá del todo vuestras carnes como fuego. Os habéis allegado tesoro para en los postreros días.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
O vosso ouro e a vossa prata estão enferrujados, e a ferrugem deles será testemunho contra vós, e comerá a vossa carne como fogo. Acumulastes tesouro para os dias finais.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Vosso ouro e vossa prata se corroeram, e essa corrosão será testemunha contra vós. Ela devorará vossa carne como fogo. Guardastes o vosso tesouro para os últimos dias.
📖 James 5:3 in Context
1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Your 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.
4Behold, 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.
5Ye 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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