James 1:10 Parallel Translations

Rich believers should be proud because being rich should make them humble. Rich people will wither like flowers.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

James 1:10 Cross References

XREF:

1 Corinthians 7:31 and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away.

1 Peter 1:24 For, "ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS, AND ALL ITS GLORY LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND THE FLOWER FALLS OFF, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:10 {8} But the {i} rich, in that he is made low: {9} because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
(8) Before he concludes, he gives a doctrine contrasted to the former: that is, how we ought to use prosperity, that is, the abundance of all things: that is, so that no man pleases himself, but rather be humble.
(i) Who has all things at his will.
(9) An argument taken from the very nature of the things themselves, for that they are empty and unreliable.

PNT:

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.

WES:

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.

MHC:

1:1-11 Christianity teaches men to be joyful under troubles: such exercises are sent from God's love; and trials in the way of duty will brighten our graces now, and our crown at last. Let us take care, in times of trial, that patience, and not passion, is set to work in us: whatever is said or done, let patience have the saying and doing of it. When the work of patience is complete, it will furnish all that is necessary for our Christian race and warfare. We should not pray so much for the removal of affliction, as for wisdom to make a right use of it. And who does not want wisdom to guide him under trials, both in regulating his own spirit, and in managing his affairs? Here is something in answer to every discouraging turn of the mind, when we go to God under a sense of our own weakness and folly. If, after all, any should say, This may be the case with some, but I fear I shall not succeed, the promise is, To any that asketh, it shall be given. A mind that has single and prevailing regard to its spiritual and eternal interest, and that keeps steady in its purposes for God, will grow wise by afflictions, will continue fervent in devotion, and rise above trials and oppositions. When our faith and spirits rise and fall with second causes, there will be unsteadiness in our words and actions. This may not always expose men to contempt in the world, but such ways cannot please God. No condition of life is such as to hinder rejoicing in God. Those of low degree may rejoice, if they are exalted to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom of God; and the rich may rejoice in humbling providences, that lead to a humble and lowly disposition of mind. Worldly wealth is a withering thing. Then, let him that is rich rejoice in the grace of God, which makes and keeps him humble; and in the trials and exercises which teach him to seek happiness in and from God, not from perishing enjoyments.

CONC:

Becoming Flower Flowering Flowers Glory Grass Grass's Herbage Humble Humiliation Low Pass Position Pride Rejoice Rich Wealth Wild

End Flower Flowering Flowers Glory Grass Herbage Humble Humiliation Low Position Pride Rejoice Rich Wealth Wild

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