James 4:14

Do Not Boast about Tomorrow

13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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Berean Standard Bible
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.
Free Bible Version
You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What's your life like? It's just a mist that appears for a little while, and then is gone.
Geneva Bible 1599
(And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Plain English Version
You talk like that. You say, “Tomorrow,” but you don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Will you still be alive tomorrow? You know, your life is like a puff of smoke, it doesn’t last long. You are alive today, but maybe tomorrow you will die.
Translation for Translators
You should not talk like that, because you do not know what will happen tomorrow, and you do not know how long you will live! Your life is short [MET], like a mist that appears for a short time and then disappears.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Who knows what will happen tomorrow, and what is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then disappears.
Noah Webster Bible
Whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow: For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
World English Bible
Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Young's Literal Translation
who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;