James 4:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁵ Instead, you should be saying, “If it is what the Lord wants, 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

Acts 18:21

So, he left them, saying, “I will come back to you if it is God’s will.” Then He sailed from Ephesus.

Romans 1:10

I am always requesting that somehow, by God’s will, I may now eventually be able to visit you.

Romans 15:32

And pray that I will [be able to] come to you joyfully, if it is God’s will, and have a refreshing visit with you.

1 Corinthians 16:7

But I do not plan to see you yet, as I will [only] be passing through. For I am hoping to stay with you for some time [i.e., in the future], if the Lord permits.

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wants me to. Then I will determine not [only] what these arrogant people are saying, but how much power they have.

Hebrews 6:3

And we will do so [i.e., go on to more advanced teaching] if God allows us to.

James 4:16

But, as it is, you people are boasting in your arrogance [and] all such boasting is evil.