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1 Maccabees 2:63
Today they may be exalted, but tomorrow they can’t be found, because they will have returned to the dust and their plans will have vanished.
To day he is lifted up, and to morrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his earth; and his thought is come to nothing.
Today he may be highly honored, but tomorrow he will disappear; his body will return to the earth and his scheming will come to an end.
Today exalted, tomorrow not to be found, they have returned to dust, their schemes have perished.
Today they are exalted, but tomorrow they are nowhere to be found because they have returned to the dust, and their grandiose schemes have come to naught.
Today they will be exalted, but tomorrow they will not be found, because they will have returned to the dust, and their plans will have perished.
Today they will be exalted, but tomorrow they will not be found, because they will have returned to the dust, and their plans will have perished.
Today they will be exalted, but tomorrow they will not be found, because they will have returned to the dust, and their plans will have perished.
Today they will be exalted, but tomorrow they will not be found, for they will have returned to the dust, and their plans will have perished.
Today he will be exalted, but tomorrow he will not be found, because he has returned to the dust, and his plans will perish.
Today he will be exalted, but tomorrow he will not be found, because he has returned to the dust, and his plans will perish.
today he is enhanced (or is exalted), and tomorrow he shall not be found, for he is (re)turned into his earth, and his thought shall perish.
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