James 4:14

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

In Context

13Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

15instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'

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Cross References

Job 7:6My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.

Job 14:1Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!

Psalms 89:47Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

Psalms 102:3For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

James 1:10and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;

1 Peter 4:7And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

Matthew Henry on James 4:12-17

Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. ( a. d. 61.) 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get… Read the whole commentary →

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