James 4:15 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁵ instead of your saying, “If the Master desires, we shall 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

Many are the plans in a man’s heart, But it is the counsel of יהוה that stands.

Lamentations 3:37

Who was it that spoke, And it came to be! Has יהוה not commanded it?

Acts 18:21

but took leave of them, saying, “I have to keep this coming festival in Yerushalayim by all means, but I shall come back to you, Elohim desiring so.” And he sailed from Ephesos.

Romans 1:10

always asking in my prayers, if at all possible, I shall be blessed by the desire of Elohim, to come to you.

Romans 15:32

that I might come to you with joy, through the desire of Elohim, and be refreshed together with you.

1 Corinthians 16:7

For I do not wish to see you now on the way, but I expect to stay a while with you, if the Master permits.

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I shall come to you shortly, if the Master desires, and I shall know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

Hebrews 6:3

And this we shall do, if Elohim indeed permits.

James 4:16

But now you boast in your proud speeches. All such boasting is wicked.