“But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.”
King James Version (KJV)
1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low - Is humbled by a deep sense of his true condition. Because as the flower - Beautiful, but transient. He shall pass away - Into eternity.
Jas 1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low. The one should rejoice in exaltation; the other in humiliation. He is taught that his riches have no power to save, and that his life is as uncertain as that of the grass of the field.
But the rich, in that hee is made low: because as the floure of the grasse he shall passe away.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
and the rich man {is to glory} in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.
- Basic English Bible
and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.
- Darby Bible
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- Webster's Bible
but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.
- Weymouth Bible
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
- World English Bible
and a riche man in his lownesse; for as the flour of gras he schal passe.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
- Youngs Literal Bible