24,25 Quotation from Isa 40:6-8 (partly like the LXX,
partly like the Hebrew). {For} (dioti). As in verse 16 (dia
and hoti), "for that." So in 2:6 . See a free use of this
imagery about the life of man as grass and a flower in Jas
1:11 . The best MSS. here read aut(8873) (thereof) after doxa
(glory) rather than anthr(9370)ou (of man). {Withereth}
(ex(8872)anth(885c)). First aorist (gnomic, timeless) passive indicative
of x(8872)ain(935c) (see Jas 1:11 ). {Falleth} (exepesen). Second
aorist (gnomic, timeless) active indicative of ekpipt(935c) (see
Jas 1:11 ). In verse 25 note eis hum(8373) (unto you) like eis
hum(8373) in 1:4 (humin dative).
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