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# Your riches have rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have become tarnished
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Earthly riches do not last nor do they have any eternal value. James speaks of these events as if they had already happened. AT: "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]])
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# riches ... clothes ... gold ... silver
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These things are mentioned as examples of things that are valuable to wealthy people.
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# have become tarnished ... their rust
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These phrases are used here to describe how gold and silver are ruined. AT: "are ruined ... their ruined condition" or "are corroded ... their corrosion"
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