For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Scripture proof that the word of God lives forever, in contrast to man's frailty. If ye were born again of flesh, corruptible seed, ye must perish again as grass; but now that from which you derive life remains eternally, and so will render you eternal. Flesh - man's earthly nature.
Of man. A B C, Vulgate, read 'of it' (i:e., of the flesh); 'Aleph ('), 'of him.' "The glory" - i:e., the wisdom, strength, riches, learning, honour, beauty, art, virtue, and righteousness of the NATURAL man ("flesh") - all are transitory (John 3:6); not OF MAN absolutely; for the glory of man, in his true ideal realized in the believer, is eternal.
Withereth, [aorist: exeeranthee (G3583)] - i:e., is withered as a thing of the past. So х exepesen (G1601)] 'fell away' - i:e., is fallen away: it no sooner is, than it is gone.
Thereof. Omitted in A B 'Aleph ('). "The grass" is the flesh: "the flower," its glory.