He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
James 1:10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in 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 forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
*Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
The voice of one saying, *Cry!* One said, *What shall I cry?* *All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades, because the LORD's breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who 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 exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Messiah Yeshua, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Messiah
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
For, *All flesh is like grass, and all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.