야고보서 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.
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Study Note
The image of the wealthy man fading 'in his ways' like sun-scorched grass draws on Psalm 103:15-16 and Isaiah 40:6-8 to apply the universal transience of human life specifically to the pursuit of wealth, catching the rich man precisely in his business-travels. The LXX phrase 'in his ways' (en tais poreiais autou) is more pointed than the Hebrew: the rich man's path of commerce is the specific setting of his withering, not just death in general. James writes to communities economically stratified between wealthy landowners and day-labourers (5:1-6), giving the warning concrete social urgency rather than abstract moralising. The parabolic economy of James 1:9-11 reverses conventional measures of honour, declaring the poor man's 'high degree' (elevation in Christ) more durable than the rich man's temporal standing.
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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.
for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!
For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
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