James 1:10

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

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

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

Bible Verses About Meekness

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Peter 1:24 "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;"
1 John 2:17 "The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever."
Job 14:2 "He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue."
Matthew 5:3 "“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.Isaiah 57:15; 66:2"
1 Timothy 6:17 "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 th…"
Psalms 103:15 "As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes."
Psalms 90:5-6 "You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass."
Isaiah 40:6 "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."

Commentary

So far as one is merely "rich" in worldly goods, "he shall pass away"; in so far as his predominant character is that of a "brother," he "abideth for ever" (Jo1 2:17). This view meets all ALFORD'S objections to regarding "the rich" here as a "brother" at all. To avoid making the rich a brother, he translates, "But the rich glories in his humiliation," namely, in that which is really his debasement (his rich state, Phi 3:19), just as the low is told to rejoice in what is really his exaltation (his lowly state).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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