James 1:11

James chapter 1 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.10and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

v.11This passage

v.12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 13:6
and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Mark 4:6
and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Psalms 37:35
I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
Isaiah 40:7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.