James 1:10

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

and the ryche in that he is made lowe. For eve as ye flower of the grasse shall he vanysshe awaye.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ πλούσιος ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτοῦ: ὅτι ὡς ἄνθος χόρτου παρελεύσεται.

Transliteration

And the plousios in the tapeinōsei of him: because as anthos of chortou he will pareleusetai.

Grammar Details

• *plousios*: nominative, masculine, singular - subject (rich man)
• *tapeinōsei*: dative, feminine, singular - location/sphere (in humiliation)
• *anthos*: nominative, neuter, singular - subject of comparison
• *chortou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive (of grass)
• *pareleusetai*: future, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - will pass away

Word Meanings

• *plousios*: rich person/wealthy man
• *tapeinōsei*: humiliation/low position/lowliness
• *anthos*: flower/blossom
• *chortou*: grass/vegetation/field plant
• *pareleusetai*: will pass away/will disappear/will fade

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesshe is as grasse and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse widdereth and the flower falleth away
• 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the worlde vannyssheth awaye and the lust therof: but he that fulfilleth the will of god abydeth ever.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are ryche in this worlde that they be not excedynge wyse and that they trust not in the vncertayne ryches but in the livynge god which geveth vs aboundantly all thynges to enioye them
• 1 Cor 7:31 : 31 and they yt vse this worlde be as though they vsed it not. For the fassion of this worlde goeth awaye.
• Phil 3:8 : 8 Ye I thinke all thynges but losse for that excellet knowledges sake of Christ Iesu my LORde. For whom I have counted all thynge losse and do iudge them but donge that I myght wynne Christ
• Jas 4:14 : 14 and yet can not tell what shall happen to morowe. For what thynge is youre lyfe? It is even a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme and the vanyssheth awaye:
• Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the povre in sprete: for theirs is the kyngdome of heven.
• Matt 6:30 : 30 Wherfore yf God so clothe the grasse which ys to daye in the felde and to morowe shalbe caste in to the fournace: shall he not moche more do the same vnto you o ye of lytle fayth?