James 4:14

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James 4:14

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

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ASV

American Standard Version

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

who do not know what [is] of tomorrow. What [is] your⁺ life? For it is a vapor appearing for a little [while] and then vanishing.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

James 4

¹² There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

¹³ Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

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.

¹⁵ Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

¹⁶ As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

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