James 5:2
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Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.

Your riches.

Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.

Matthew 6:19,20 Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal. . . .

Luke 12:33 Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.

1 Peter 1:4 Unto an inheritance, incorruptible, and undefiled and that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you,

your garments.

James 2:2 For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel; and there shall come in also a poor man in mean attire:

Job 13:28 Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is motheaten.

Psalm 39:11 Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted.

Isaiah 50:9 Behold the Lord God is my helper: who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

Isaiah 51:8 For the worm shall eat them up as a garment: and the moth shall consume them as wool: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice from generation to generation.

Hosea 5:12 And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda.

Context
Warning to the Rich
1Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. 2Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten. 3Your 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.…
Cross References
Job 13:28
Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is motheaten.

Isaiah 50:9
Behold the Lord God is my helper: who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

Matthew 6:19
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.

Lexicon
Your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

riches
πλοῦτος (ploutos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 4595: To cause to rot, make corrupt. Apparently a primary verb; to putrefy, i.e. perish.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

moths have eaten
σητόβρωτα (sētobrōta)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4598: Moth-eaten. From ses and a derivative of bibrosko; moth-eaten.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

clothes.
ἱμάτια (himatia)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2440: A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress.


Additional Translations
Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

Your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

Your treasures have rotted, and your piles of clothing are moth-eaten;

Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
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