James 5:3
“Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Your gold and silver is cankered,.... Or grown rusty like iron, by lying long without use; this is not easily and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Your gold and silver is cankered - That is, that you have heaped together, by injustice and fraud, a large amount, and…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Your gold and silver is cankered - Instead of helping the poor, and thus honoring God with your substance, ye have,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714James 5:1-11
The apostle is here addressing first sinners and then saints.
I. Let us consider the address to sinners; and here we…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Your gold and silver is cankered Literally, rusted, the word being used generically of the tarnish that sooner or later…
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