James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
Psalms 89:47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
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 →