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

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