James 4:13
But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year and will traffic and make our gain.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
12There is one lawgiver and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.
14Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.
Cross References
Genesis 11:3And each one said to his neighbour: Come let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar:
Proverbs 27:1Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
Isaiah 5:5And now I will shew you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted: I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down.
Isaiah 56:11And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.
Luke 12:17And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
James 5:1Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.
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 →