James 4:14 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁴ You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a wisp of vapor (a puff of smoke, a mist) that is visible for a little while and then disappears [into thin air].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ You don’t really know about tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for only a short while before it vanishes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

James 4:14 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 19:34

But Barzillai said to the king, “Do you know how old I am? Do you think I can go with you to Jerusalem?

Psalm 102:3

My life is passing away like smoke.\par My life is like a fire slowly burning out.\par

Psalm 144:4

A person’s life is like a puff of air.\par A person’s life is like a passing shadow.\par

Psalm 39:5

Lord, you gave me only a short life. {\cf2\super [236]} \par My short life is nothing,\par compared to you.\par Every person’s life is only like a cloud\par \{that quickly disappears\}.\par No person lives forever! {\cf2\super [237]} \par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [238]})\i0 \par

Psalm 78:39

God remembered they were only people.\par People are like a wind that blows,\par and then it is gone.\par

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is:\par You created us to live a short life,\par and then die.\par

Proverbs 27:1

Never brag about what will happen in the future. You don’t know what will happen tomorrow.

Isaiah 38:12

My home, my shepherd’s tent,\par is being pulled down\par and taken from me.\par I am finished\par like the cloth a man rolls up\par and cuts from the loom. {\cf2\super [367]} \par You finished my life in such a short time!\par

James 1:10

Believers who are rich should be glad when bad things happen that make them humble. Why? Because even rich people will die as quickly as wild flowers:

1 Peter 1:24

The Scripture {\cf2\super [12]} says,

1 Peter 4:7

The time is near when all things will end. So keep your minds clear, and control yourselves. This will help you to pray.

1 John 2:17

The world is passing away. And all the things that people want in the world are passing away. But the person who does what God wants lives forever.