James 4:15 - New Revised Standard Version

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

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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 Tagairtí Cros

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.