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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.

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χρυσὸςchrusosgoldχρυσόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “gold”, the subject formG5557gold, anything made of gold, a gold coin.goldὑμῶνhumōnyourσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “your”, the of-formG4771you.yourκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄργυροςargurossilverἄργυροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “silver”, the subject formG696silver as a metal.κατίωταιkatiōtaito corrodeκατιόομαι (katioomai)verb, perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to corrode”, a completed action with a present resultG2728I rust; pass: I am rusted, tarnished.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἰὸςiospoisonἰόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “poison”, the subject formG2447poison, rust; an arrow.This verse uses “poison”.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.μαρτύριονmarturiontestimonyμαρτύριονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “testimony”, the object formG3142witness, evidence, testimony, proof.This verse uses “testimony”.ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ἔσταιestaito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.φάγεταιphagetaito eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to eat”, an action still aheadG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).τὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σάρκαςsarkasfleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “flesh”, the object formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.fleshὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ὡςhōsas it wereὡςconjunction — “as it were”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.as it wereπῦρpurfireπῦρnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “fire”, the subject formG4442fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.This verse uses “fire”.fireἐθησαυρίσατεethēsaurisateYe have heaped treasure togetherθησαυρίζω (thēsaurizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “Ye have heaped treasure together”, a single actionG2343I store up, treasure up, save, lay up.Ye have heaped treasure togetherἐνenforἐνpreposition — “for”G1722in, on, among.forἐσχάταιςeschataislastἔσχατος (eschatos)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “last”, the to- or for-formG2078last, at the last, finally, till the end.This verse uses “last”.the lastἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “days”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.days

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!

World English Bible

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.

Darby Translation

Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in [the] last days.

Douay-Rheims

Your gold and silver is cankered: and the rust of them shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up to yourselves wrath against the last days.

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