James 4:14

(And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)

Geneva Bible 1599

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

13Goe to now ye that say, To day or to morowe we will goe into such a citie, and continue there a yeere, and bye and sell, and get gaine,

15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, and, if we liue, we will doe this or that.

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Cross References

Job 7:6My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope.

Job 14:1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

Psalms 89:47Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?

Psalms 102:3For my dayes are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt like an herthe.

James 1:10Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.

1 Peter 4:7Now the ende of all things is at hand. Be ye therefore sober, and watching in prayer.

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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