James 5:3

5:3 Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure! ¹ 

James 5:17

5:17 Elijah was a human being ²  like us, and he prayed earnestly ³  that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

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¹ tn Or “hoarded up treasure for the last days”; Grk “in the last days.”

² tn Although it is certainly true that Elijah was a “man,” here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") has been translated as “human being” because the emphasis in context is not on Elijah’s masculine gender, but on the common humanity he shared with the author and the readers.

³ tn Grk “he prayed with prayer” (using a Hebrew idiom to show intensity).