James 4:15 - New Revised Standard Version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ You ought instead to say, If the Lord is willing, we shall live and we shall do this or that [thing].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Here’s what you ought to say: “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: "If the Lord wills," or, "If we live," we will do this or that.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while, and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will, and if we shall live, we will do this or that.

James 4:15 Cross References

Proverbs 19:21

The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

Lamentations 3:37

Who can command and have it done, if the Lord has not ordained it?

Acts 18:21

but on taking leave of them, he said, “I will return to you, if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

Romans 1:10

asking that by God's will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you.

Romans 15:32

so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

1 Corinthians 16:7

I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.

Hebrews 6:3

And we will do this, if God permits.

James 4:16

As it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.