James 5:1–6 - Discourse Analysis

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James 5:1–6

James 5: 1

Ἄγε νῦν (Come now)

οἱ πλούσιοι (you rich)

κλαύσατε (cry)

ὀλολύζοντες ἐπὶ ταῖς ταλαιπωρίαις ὑμῶν (howling over your miseries)

ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις. (which are coming upon you)

James 5: 2

ὁ πλοῦτος ὑμῶν σέσηπεν (Your riches have rotted)

καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν σητόβρωτα γέγονεν (and your garments have become moth-eaten)

James 5: 3

ὁ χρυσὸς ὑμῶν (Your gold)

καὶ ὁ ἄργυρος κατίωται (and your silver have rusted)

καὶ ὁ ἰὸς αὐτῶν εἰς μαρτύριον ὑμῖν ἔσται (and their corrosion will be a witness against you)

καὶ φάγεται τὰς σάρκας ὑμῶν (and will consume your flesh like fire)

ὡς πῦρ ἐθησαυρίσατε ἐν ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις. (You have stored up such treasure in the last days!)

 

 

 

James 5: 4

ἰδοὺ ὁ μισθὸς τῶν ἐργατῶν Behold, the pay of the laborers

τῶν ἀμησάντων τὰς χώρας ὑμῶν (who mowed your fields)

ὁ ἀφυστερημένος ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν (that which has been withheld by you)

κράζει, (cries out against you)  

καὶ αἱ βοαὶ τῶν θερισάντων εἰς (and the outcries of those who did the harvesting)

τὰ ὦτα Κυρίου Σαβαὼθ εἰσεληλύθασιν· (have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth)

James 5: 5

ἐτρυφήσατε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς You have lived luxuriously on the earth

καὶ ἐσπαταλήσατε and lived in self-indulgence.  

ἐθρέψατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν You have fattened your hearts

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς in a day of slaughter.

James 5: 6

κατεδικάσατε You have condemned

ἐφονεύσατε τὸν δίκαιον (and murdered the righteous man)

οὐκ ἀντιτάσσεται ὑμῖν (he does not resist you)

Argument: James issues a severe warning to the wealthy, urging them to weep and wail over their impending miseries. He declares that their hoarded riches have rotted, their garments are moth-eaten, and their gold and silver have corroded; this decay will serve as a testament against them in the last days. Furthermore, James condemns them for withholding the wages of their laborers, noting that the workers' outcries have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. He indicts the rich for living in self-indulgent luxury and ultimately for condemning and murdering the righteous, who offer no resistance.

 

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