He comes forth like a flower and withers. He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
James 1:10 - The Scriptures 2009 but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he shall pass away. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the rich [person ought to glory] in being humbled [by being shown his human frailty], because like the flower of the grass he will pass away. American Standard Version (1901) and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. Common English Bible Those who are wealthy should find satisfaction in their low status, because they will die off like wildflowers. Catholic Public Domain Version and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away. |
He comes forth like a flower and withers. He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass.
A man’s days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them.
The voice said, “Cry out!” and he said, “What do I cry?” “All flesh is grass, and all its loving-commitment is like the flower of the field.
“Grass shall wither, the flower shall fade, when the Spirit of יהוה has blown on it! Truly the people is grass!
For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.
“And all these My hand has made, and all these that exist,” declares יהוה. “Yet to such a one I look: on him who is poor and bruised of spirit, and who trembles at My Word.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
“But if Elohim so clothes the grass of the field, which exists today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more you, O you of little belief?
and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the scene of this world is passing away.
What is more, I even count all to be loss because of the excellence of the knowledge of Messiah יהושע my Master, for whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them as refuse, in order to gain Messiah,
Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living Elohim, who gives us richly all for enjoyment,
when you do not know of tomorrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapour that appears for a little, and then disappears –
because “All flesh is as grass, and all the esteem of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but the one doing the desire of Elohim remains forever.