# But you have

James is speaking to his whole audience. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])

# have dishonored the poor

"you have shamed poor people"

# Is it not the rich who oppress you?

Here James uses a rhetorical question to correct his readers. Alternate translation: "It is rich people who oppress you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])

# the rich

This refers to rich people in general. Alternate translation: "rich people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])

# who oppress you

"who treat you badly"

# Are they not the ones ... to court?

Here James uses a rhetorical question to correct his readers. It can be made a statement. Alternate translation: "The rich people are the ones ... to court." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# drag you to court

"forcibly take you to court to accuse you in front of judges" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])