James 1:8-10
King James Version
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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James 1:8-10
English Standard Version
8 (A)he is a double-minded man, (B)unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and (C)the rich in his humiliation, because (D)like a flower of the grass[a] he will pass away.
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- James 1:10 Or a wild flower
James 1:8-10
New American Standard Bible
8 being a [a](A)double-minded man, (B)unstable in all his ways.
9 (C)Now the brother or sister of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; 10 but the rich person is to glory in his [b]humiliation, because (D)like [c]flowering grass he will pass away.
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- James 1:8 I.e., a chronic doubter
- James 1:10 Or downfall
- James 1:10 Lit the flower of the grass
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