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James 4:14

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4:14You18 do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like?19 For you are a puff of smoke20 that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

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James 4:14: yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

Footnotes

  1. 18 Grk “who” (continuing the description of the people of v. 13). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  2. 19 Or “you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow.”
  3. 20 Or “a vapor.” The Greek word ἀτμίς (atmis) denotes a swirl of smoke arising from a fire (cf. Gen 19:28; Lev 16:13; Joel 2:30 [Acts 2:19]; Ezek 8:11).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Why, 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes.

NLTNew Living Translation

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

you who do not know what will happen tomorrow, what your life will be like. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.

KJV 1900King James 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.