money’ (kerdēsomen), literally ‘get gain.’ The verse reveals five areas of arrogant certainty about their plans: certainty of future (we will go), certainty of place (into ‘this or that’ city, tēnde), certainty of time (spend a year), certainty of activity (carry on business), and certainty of result (make money). The error of these merchants is their confidence in the certainty of their plans. We sometimes say, ‘Man proposes, but God disposes.’ It may sometimes appear that what men’s tongues boast and