So let’s go down and confuse their language. Then they will not understand each other.”
James 4:13 - Easy To Read Version Some of you say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to some city. We will stay there a year, do business, and make money.” Listen! Think about this: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money. American Standard Version (1901) Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: Common English Bible Pay attention, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such-and-such a town. We will stay there a year, buying and selling, and making a profit.” Catholic Public Domain Version But who are you to judge your neighbor? Consider this, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into that city, and certainly we will spend a year there, and we will do business, and we will make our profit," Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year, and will traffic, and make our gain. |
So let’s go down and confuse their language. Then they will not understand each other.”
Never brag about what will happen in the future. You don’t know what will happen tomorrow.
I said to myself, “I should have fun—I should enjoy everything the most I can.” But I learned that this is also useless.
At that time, the common people and the priests will be the same. Slaves and masters will be the same. Women slaves and their women masters will be the same. The buyers and sellers will be the same. The people that borrow and the people that lend will be the same. The bankers and the people that owe the bank will be the same.
People far away will die from disease. People near this place will be killed with swords. And the people that are left in the city will starve to death. Only then will I stop being angry.
People who are sad should live like they are not sad. People who are happy should live like they are not happy. People who buy things should live like they own nothing.
You rich people, listen! Cry and be very sad because much trouble will come to you.