“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.”
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business — the extended simile reinforces the transience of earthly wealth and its supposed advantages, with the harsh Palestinian sun standing as an image of mortality's inevitability. The 'while they go about their business' (en tais poreiais) suggests that even in the midst of pursuing their enterprises, death overtakes the wealthy. This vivid description aims to dislodge the wealthy from false confidence in material security.
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