James 4:13
11 Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
Come 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.”
14 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.
15 Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Come 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.”
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
- ASV
- 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:
- DARBY
- Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
- BLB
- Come now, those saying, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and will spend a year there and will trade and make gain,”
- ÅB
- Og nå, dere som sier: Idag eller imorgen vil vi dra til den by og bli der et år og kjøpslå og ha vinning,
- OTB
- Kom nå, dere som sier: "I dag eller i morgen vil vi dra til den eller den byen, tilbringe et år der, drive handel og tjene penger."
- B1930
- Og nu, I som sier: Idag eller imorgen vil vi dra til den by og bli der et år og kjøpslå og ha vinning,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Read in contextLuke 12:17–20
So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
Read in contextGenesis 11:3–4
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:1
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:2
people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
Read in contextJames 5:1
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Read in contextIsaiah 56:11–12
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
Read in contextEzekiel 7:12
The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.
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