James 4:14
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
whereas 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.
World English Bible (WEB)
Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
James 4:14 Cross References
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
