James 1:11 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
James 1:11 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · James 1:1132 words
ἀνέτειλενaneteilen(a-, make to)
rise, at the rising of
γὰρgarfor
ὁhothe
ἥλιοςhēlios+ east, sun
σὺνsynwith
τῷtōthe
καύσωνιkausōni(burning) heat
καὶkaiand / also
ἐξήρανενexēranendry
up, pine away, be ripe
τὸνtonthe
χόρτονchortonblade, grass, hay
καὶkaiand / also
τὸtothe
ἄνθοςanthosflower
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ἐξέπεσενexepesenbe cast, fail, fall (away
καὶkaiand / also
ἡhēthe
εὐπρέπειαeuprepeiagrace
τοῦtouthe
προσώπουprosōpou(outward) appearance, countenance, face
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ἀπώλετοapōletodestroy / perish
οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
καὶkaiand / also
ὁhothe
πλούσιοςplousiosrich
ἐνenabout, after, against
ταῖςtaisthe
πορείαιςporeiaisjourney(-ing), ways
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
μαρανθήσεταιmaranthēsetai
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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