James 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
James 5:3 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · James 5:326 words
ὁhothe
χρυσὸςchrysosgold
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
καὶkaiand / also
ὁhothe
ἄργυροςargyrossilver
κατίωταιkatiōtai
καὶkaiand / also
ὁhothe
ἰὸςiospoison, rust
αὐτῶνautōnhe / she / it / same
εἰςeisinto / to
μαρτύριονmartyrionto be testified, testimony, witness
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ἔσταιestaiam, have been, is I
καὶkaiand / also
φάγεταιphagetaidevour, eat, live
τὰςtasthe
σάρκαςsarkasflesh
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
πῦρpyrfiery, fire
ἐθησαυρίσατεethēsaurisatelay up
(treasure), (keep) in store, (heap…
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἐσχάταιςeschataisends of, last, latter end
ἡμέραιςhēmeraisage, + alway, (mid-)day (by day
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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