James 4:14 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a wisp of vapor (a puff of smoke, a mist) that is visible for a little while and then disappears [into thin air].

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.

Common English Bible

You don’t really know about tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for only a short while before it vanishes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

James 4:14 Cross References

James 1:10

and the rich man should rejoice in being made low, because he will pass away like a flower of grass.

1 Peter 1:24

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all the glory of man is like a flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls,

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be alert and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

1 John 2:17

And the world is passing away along with its lusts, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.