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