James 1:10 BSB — MannaFest

James 1:10

But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

5 voices

Bede

Commentary on the Catholic Epistles (735)

For like the flower of the grass, he will pass away. The flower of the grass delights both the sense of smell and sight, but swiftly loses the grace of its charm and sweetness. Therefore, the present happiness of the wicked is most rightly compared …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But the rich, in that he is made low,.... That is, the rich brother; for there were rich men in the churches in those times, and which James often takes notice of in this epistle.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those of low degree are to be looked upon as brethren: Let the brother of low degree, &c. Poverty does not destroy the relation among Christians. Good Christians may be rich in the world,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But the rich, in that he is made low - Εν τῃ ταπεινωσει· In his humiliation - in his being brought to the foot of the cross to receive, as a poor and miserable sinner, redemption through the blood of the cross: and especially let him rejoice in this, because all outward glory is only as the flower of the field, and, like that, will wither and perish.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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, Php 3:19), just as the low is told to rejoice in what is really his exaltation (his lowly state).

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	he who [is]	G3588 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
πλούσιος	plousios	rich	G4145 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ταπεινώσει	tapeinōsei	humiliation	G5014 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ὡς	hōs	like	G5613 →
ἄνθος	anthos	a flower	G438 →
χόρτου	chortou	of grass	G5528 →
παρελεύσεται.	pareleusetai	he will pass away.	G3928 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G4145plousiosrich28×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
leads to
- Isaiah 66:2
  Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles…
- Proverbs 29:23
  A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Psalms 34:18
  The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
- Proverbs 16:19
  It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- Luke 18:14
  I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Through
1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
leads to
- Isaiah 40:6–8
  A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 John 2:17
The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
leads to
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Through
Job 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:24
  For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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Where the connections lead

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06About James

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About James