diff --git a/jas/05/03.md b/jas/05/03.md index 0a572aa266..e9bb31bb63 100644 --- a/jas/05/03.md +++ b/jas/05/03.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Your gold and your silver have become tarnished -Earthly riches do not last nor do they have any eternal value. James speaks of these events as if they had already happened. Alternate translation: "Your riches will rot, and your clothes will be eaten by moths. Your gold and silver will become tarnished" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pastforfuture]]) +Earthly riches do not last nor do they have any eternal value. James speaks of these events as if they had already happened. Alternate translation: "Your gold and silver will become tarnished" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pastforfuture]]) # gold ... silver @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ These things are mentioned as examples of things that are valuable to wealthy pe # have become tarnished ... their rust -These phrases are used here to describe how gold and silver are ruined. Alternate translation: "are ruined ... their ruined condition" or "are corroded ... their corrosion" +Gold does not actually tarnish, and gold and silver do not acutally rust. James wants to emphasize that these precious metals will be ruined. Alternate translation: "are ruined ... their ruined condition" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]]) # their rust will be a witness against you. It