He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
James 1:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised but let the rich boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
A voice was saying, ‘Cry out! ’ Another said, ‘What should I cry out? ’ ‘All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the Lord blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
For the High and Exalted One, who lives for ever, whose name is holy, says this: ‘I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will look favourably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at my word.
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t he do much more for you #– #you of little faith?
and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.
More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring #– #what your life will be! For you are like vapour that appears for a little while, then vanishes.
For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains for ever.