And God said to him, Fool, in this night they shall take thy life from thee [or they shall ask of thee thy soul]. And whose shall those things be, that thou hast arrayed?
and he told to them the greatness of his riches, and the company of his children, and with how great glory the king had enhanced him above all his princes and servants.
A partridge nourished those things which she breeded not; he made riches, and not in doom; in the midst of his days he shall forsake them, and in his last time he shall be unwise.
For when they shall say peace is, and secureness, then sudden death [or suddenly perishing] shall come on them, as sorrow to a woman that is with child, and they shall not escape.
Command thou to the rich men of this world, that they understand not highly [or proudly], neither that they hope in uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, that giveth to us all things plenteously to use;
which know not, what is to you in the morrow. For what is your life? A smoke [or A vapour] appearing at a little time, and afterward it shall be wasted.