James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us travel to that certain city, spend a year there, do business and make a profit;”

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In The King James Version

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 gain:

In Context

12The Lawgiver and Judge is One, the one who is able to save and to destroy. So who are you (sg) to be judging someone who is different?

14whereas you do not know anything about the morrow. For what is our life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time but then vanishes away.

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Cross References

Luke 12:17And he reasoned within himself saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have no place to store my crops?’

James 5:1Come now, you rich, howl as you weep over your distresses that are coming 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 →

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