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James 4:12-14
Lexham English Bible
James 4:12-14
Lexham English Bible
12 There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your[a] neighbor?
Arrogant Boasting About the Future
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit,” 14 you who do not know what will happen tomorrow[b], what your life will be like[c]. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.
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- James 4:12 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- James 4:14 Literally “the circumstance of tomorrow”
- James 4:14 Literally “of what sort your life”
James 4:12-14
New International Version
James 4:12-14
New International Version
12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge,(A) the one who is able to save and destroy.(B) But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?(C)
Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Now listen,(D) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”(E) 14 Why, 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.(F)
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