Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. New Living Translation Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags. English Standard Version Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Berean Standard Bible Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. Berean Literal Bible Your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten. King James Bible Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. New King James Version Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. New American Standard Bible Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. NASB 1995 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. NASB 1977 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. Legacy Standard Bible Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. Amplified Bible Your wealth has rotted and is ruined and your [fine] clothes have become moth-eaten. Christian Standard Bible Your wealth has rotted and your clothes are moth-eaten. Holman Christian Standard Bible Your wealth is ruined and your clothes are moth-eaten. American Standard Version Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Contemporary English Version Your treasures have already rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. English Revised Version Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your riches have decayed, and your clothes have been eaten by moths. Good News Translation Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths. International Standard Version Your riches are rotten, your clothes have been eaten by moths, Majority Standard Bible Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. NET Bible Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten. New Heart English Bible Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. Webster's Bible Translation Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Weymouth New Testament Your treasures have rotted, and your piles of clothing are moth-eaten; World English Bible Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionyour riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten; Berean Literal Bible Your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten. Young's Literal Translation your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten; Smith's Literal Translation Your riches have become corrupted, and your garments have been moth eaten; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleYour riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten. Catholic Public Domain Version Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths. New American Bible Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten, New Revised Standard Version Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYour riches are destroyed and rotted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For your wealth is decayed and stinks, and your garments are eaten by moths. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentYour wealth is corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten: Godbey New Testament Your riches are corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten: Haweis New Testament Your wealth is corrupted, and your robes are moth-eaten. Mace New Testament your wealth is wasted, your wardrobe is devour'd by the worm, Weymouth New Testament Your treasures have rotted, and your piles of clothing are moth-eaten; Worrell New Testament Your wealth has become corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten. Worsley New Testament Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warning to the Rich1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. 2Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. 3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.… Cross References Matthew 6:19-20 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. Luke 12:33-34 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. / Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, / treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. Matthew 19:21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” Luke 16:19-31 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ... Revelation 18:16-17 saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! / For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance Proverbs 23:4-5 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. / When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. Ecclesiastes 5:13-14 There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, / or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on. Isaiah 51:8 For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.” Ezekiel 7:19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity. Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth. Job 13:28 So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment. Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Luke 12:15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Treasury of Scripture Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your riches. Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Matthew 6:19,20 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: … Luke 12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. your garments. James 2:2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; Job 13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. Psalm 39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. Jump to Previous Clothes Clothing Corrupted Eaten Garments Holes Insects Moth-Eaten Moths Piles Riches Rotted Rotten Treasures Unclean WealthJump to Next Clothes Clothing Corrupted Eaten Garments Holes Insects Moth-Eaten Moths Piles Riches Rotted Rotten Treasures Unclean WealthJames 5 1. Rich oppressors are to fear God's vengeance.7. We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job; 12. to forbear swearing; 13. to pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity; 14. to acknowledge mutually our several faults, to pray one for another; 19. and to correct a straying brother. Your riches The Greek word for "riches" here is "ploutos," which refers to wealth or abundance. In the historical context of the early church, wealth was often seen as a sign of God's blessing, yet James challenges this notion by highlighting the transient nature of material wealth. From a conservative Christian perspective, this serves as a reminder that true riches are found in spiritual wealth and the treasures of heaven, as emphasized in Matthew 6:19-20. have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Yourὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. riches πλοῦτος (ploutos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4149: From the base of pletho; wealth, i.e. money, possessions, or abundance, richness, valuable bestowment. have rotted σέσηπεν (sesēpen) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4595: To cause to rot, make corrupt. Apparently a primary verb; to putrefy, i.e. perish. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. moths have eaten σητόβρωτα (sētobrōta) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's 4598: Moth-eaten. From ses and a derivative of bibrosko; moth-eaten. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. clothes. ἱμάτια (himatia) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's 2440: A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress. Links James 5:2 NIVJames 5:2 NLT James 5:2 ESV James 5:2 NASB James 5:2 KJV James 5:2 BibleApps.com James 5:2 Biblia Paralela James 5:2 Chinese Bible James 5:2 French Bible James 5:2 Catholic Bible NT Letters: James 5:2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments (Ja Jas. Jam) |