James 4:13

James chapter 4 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

King James Version · 1611

Go 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:

American Standard Version · 1901

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

v.12One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

v.13This passage

v.14whereas 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.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Corinthians 7:30
and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not;
Isaiah 24:2
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
Proverbs 27:1
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Isaiah 56:11
Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
Luke 12:17
and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?