James 4:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJames 4:14 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
οἵτινες
hóstis
G3748
whoever
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἐπίστασθε
epístamai
G1987
to attend to
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
αὔριον
aúrion
G839
tomorrow
ποία
poîos
G4169
of what sort
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
ζωὴ
zōḗ
G2222
life
ὑμῶν
hymeîs
G5210
you
ἀτμὶς
atmís
G822
vapour
γάρ
gár
G1063
for
ἐστε
eimí
G1510
to be
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
ὀλίγον
olígos
G3641
little
φαινομένη
phaínō
G5316
to shine
ἔπειτα
épeita
G1899
thereafter
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀφανιζομένη
aphanízō
G853
to make vanish
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
You who do not know the thing of the tomorrow, of what sort your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little and then disappears.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).