He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
James 1:10 - English Standard Version 2016 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 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 comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass.
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.