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James 4:14

WEB

14Yet 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.

KJV

14Whereas 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.

BSB

14You 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.

FBV

14You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What's your life like? It's just a mist that appears for a little while, and then is gone.

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Extra References

1 Peter 1:24

24For, All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;


Psalms 39:5

5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.


1 John 2:17

17The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.


Psalms 102:3

3For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.


Job 7:6-7

6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. 7Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.


Job 14:1-2

1Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. 2He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.


James 1:10

10and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.


Job 9:25-26

25Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good. 26They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.


Psalms 90:5-7

5You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass. 6In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry. 7For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.


Psalms 89:47

47Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!