James 4:14 · KJV
“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. {It...: or, For it is}”
— James 4:14
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:
For that ye {ought} to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
James 4 — Context
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
13Go 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:
14Whereas 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. {It...: or, For it is}
15For that ye {ought} to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Cross References
1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh {is} as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: {For: or, For that}
Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}
1 John 2:17
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Psalms 102:3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. {like...: or, (as some read) into smoke}
Job 7:6-7
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job 14:1-2
Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days}
James 1:10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Job 9:25-26
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.