My heart is (A)struck down like grass and (B)has withered;
    I (C)forget to eat my bread.

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My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(A)
    I forget to eat my food.(B)

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For they will soon (A)fade like (B)the grass
    and wither (C)like the green herb.

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for like the grass they will soon wither,(A)
    like green plants they will soon die away.(B)

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The grass withers, the flower fades
    when the breath of the Lord blows on it;
    surely the people are grass.

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The grass withers(A) and the flowers fall,
    because the breath(B) of the Lord blows(C) on them.
    Surely the people are grass.

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10 and (A)the rich in his humiliation, because (B)like a flower of the grass[a] he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and (C)withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:10 Or a wild flower

10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(A) 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat(B) and withers(C) the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed.(D) In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.

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