James 5:2
A Warning to the Rich
1Come 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.
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Berean Standard Bible
Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
American Standard Version (1901)
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Bible in Basic English
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.
Free Bible Version
Your wealth is ruined, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
Geneva Bible 1599
Your riches are corrupt, and your garments are moth eaten.
King James (Authorized) Version
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Plain English Version
All your money and clothes, and those things you got for yourself, they will all become useless. They will rot away. Or they will rust away. Or white ants will eat them. God will see that rusty rotten mess, and he will say that you are too greedy, and he will punish you with big trouble. It will be like a fire burning up your body. You thought you could keep all that stuff for a long time, but you will not have it for very long.
Translation for Translators
Your wealth of various kinds is worthless [MET], as though it were rotted. Your fine clothes are worthless [MET], as though termites had ruined them.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Your riches have rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
Noah Webster Bible
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
World English Bible
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Young's Literal Translation
your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;