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James 4:14 KJV
James · chapter 4 · verse 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.James 4:14 · King James Version
James 4:14 in context
12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
13Go 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:
14Whereas 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.
15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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- Whereashostiswhoever, whatever, whoG3748 →
- morrowauriontomorrowG839 →
- vapouratmisvapourG822 →
- knowepistamaito put one s attention on, fix one s thoughts on, to turn one s self or one s mind to…G1987 →
- lifezōēlife, the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate, every living soul…G2222 →
- timeoligoslittle, small, few, of number multitude, quantity, or size, of time short, of degree or…G3641 →
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In this part of the chapter, I. We are cautioned against the sin of evil-speaking: Speak not evil one of another, brethren, Jam 4:11. The Greek word, katalaleite, signifies speaking any thing that may hurt or injure another;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-17