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James 1:10

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
James 1:10 · King James Version

In other versions

  • and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

    ASV

  • But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

    BBE

  • and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.

    DBY

  • and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

    WEB

  • and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;

    YLT

  • But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

    ENG

  • But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

    WBT

  • But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

    BSB

In context

8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

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