1 Maccabees 2:63 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Today they will be exalted, but tomorrow they will not be found, for they will have returned to the dust, and their plans will have perished.

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Today they may be exalted, but tomorrow they can’t be found, because they will have returned to the dust and their plans will have vanished.

Today he is extolled, and tomorrow he will not be found, because he has returned into his earth and his thinking has perished.

To day he is lifted up, and to morrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his earth; and his thought is come to nothing.

Today he may be highly honored, but tomorrow he will disappear; his body will return to the earth and his scheming will come to an end.

Today he will be lifted up, and tomorrow he will in no way be found, because he has returned to dust, and his thought has perished.

He talks big now, but soon you won't hear that loud mouth anymore. Dust is all that will remain of him and his plans.