James 4:14

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 102:3 : 3 For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 because all flesh `is' as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age `is' as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity `is' every man set up. Selah.
  • Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope. 7 Remember Thou that my life `is' a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
  • Job 14:1-2 : 1 Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble! 2 As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.
  • Job 9:25-26 : 25 My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good, 26 They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.
  • Jas 1:10 : 10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
  • Ps 89:47 : 47 Remember, I pray Thee, what `is' life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

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    13Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

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    15instead of your saying, `If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'

  • Ps 144:4
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    4Man to vanity hath been like, His days `are' as a shadow passing by.

  • Prov 27:1
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    1Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

    12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    74%

    10and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;

    11for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?

  • Ps 103:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Mortal man! as grass `are' his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;

    16For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

  • Job 14:1-2
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    73%

    1Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!

    2As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

  • Job 8:9
    73%

    9(For of yesterday we `are', and we know not, For a shadow `are' our days on earth.)

  • 1 Pet 1:24
    72%

    24because all flesh `is' as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

  • Ps 39:4-6
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    4`Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it `is',' I know how frail I `am'.

    5Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age `is' as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity `is' every man set up. Selah.

    6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

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    10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where `is' he?

  • Matt 6:34
    71%

    34Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day `is' the evil of it.

  • Matt 6:25
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  • Ps 146:4
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    4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

  • Isa 2:22
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    22Cease for you from man, Whose breath `is' in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?

  • Ps 90:6
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    6In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

  • Luke 12:28-29
    2 verses
    69%

    28and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

    29`And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

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    69%

    33Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

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    69%

    15Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

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    68%

    18we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen `are' temporary, but the things not seen `are' age-during.

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    68%

    14for we do surely die, and `are' as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.

  • Prov 20:24
    68%

    24From Jehovah `are' the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

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    68%

    15for sojourners we `are' before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow `are' our days on the land, and there is none abiding.

  • Ps 89:47
    68%

    47Remember, I pray Thee, what `is' life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

  • Matt 6:30-31
    2 verses
    68%

    30`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith?

    31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

  • Luke 12:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

    23the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

  • Matt 16:26
    68%

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  • Eccl 3:20
    68%

    20The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.

  • Eccl 5:15
    68%

    15As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.

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    7And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

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    15And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

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    20From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

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