James 4:14 — Bible Verse (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.”
James 4:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
James 4:14 in 6 Bible Translations
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James 4:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
James 4:14 — World English Bible
James 4:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
James 4:14 — American Standard Version
James 4:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;”
James 4:14 — Young's Literal Translation
James 4:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“ye 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,) ”
James 4:14 — Darby Translation
James 4:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“(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)”
James 4:14 — Geneva Bible
James 4:14 in Context — James 4
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 gain:
14 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.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
What Does James 4:14 Mean?
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