14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;


In Context

11 Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

12 one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou — who art thou that dost judge the other?

13 Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

14 who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

15 instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'

16 and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;

James 4:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:14Whereas 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:14Why, 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:14Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:14Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:14whereas 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:14whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14Whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow: For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14Whereas 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.