James 1:11
For 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.
KJV
ἀνέτειλεν γὰρ ὁ ἥλιος σὺν τῷ καύσωνι καὶ ἐξήρανεν τὸν χόρτον, καὶ τὸ ἄνθος αὐτοῦ ἐξέπεσεν καὶ ἡ εὐπρέπεια τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἀπώλετο· οὕτως καὶ ὁ πλούσιος ἐν ταῖς πορείαις αὐτοῦ μαρανθήσεται.
Greek NT
exortus est enim sol cum ardore, et arefecit fœnum, et flos ejus decidit, et decor vultus ejus deperiit : ita et dives in itineribus suis marcescet.
Vulgate
For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and 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 goings.
ASV
For the sun rose with a burning heat and parched the grass: and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished. So also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:4 — To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
- Isa 40:7 — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
- Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
- Job 4:21 — Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
- Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- Job 15:29 — He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
- Job 24:24 — They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- Luke 12:16 — And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
- Luke 16:19 — There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- Luke 16:22 — And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
- Mark 4:6 — But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
- Mark 4:6 — But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
- Matt 13:6 — And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
- Matt 13:6 — And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
- Prov 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
- Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Ps 49:6 — They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- Ps 90:6 — In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.