James 4:14

You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

Text-Critical English NT

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

13Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”

15Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, let us live and do this or that.”

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Cross References

James 1:10and the rich man should rejoice in being made low, because he will pass away like a flower of grass.

1 Peter 4:7The end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be alert and sober-minded for the sake of your 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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