James 4:13
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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:
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.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall 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
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Read in contextLuke 12:17–20
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Read in contextGenesis 11:3–4
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:1
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
Read in contextIsaiah 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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Read in contextJames 5:1
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Read in contextIsaiah 56:11–12
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Read in contextEzekiel 7:12
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
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