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James 4:14-15
New International Version
James 4:14-15
New International Version
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.(A) 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,(B) we will live and do this or that.”
James 4:14-15
King James Version
James 4:14-15
King James Version
14 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.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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James 4:14-15
New Living Translation
James 4:14-15
New Living Translation
14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. 15 What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”
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James 4:14-15
English Standard Version
James 4:14-15
English Standard Version
14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For (A)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, (B)“If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
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English Standard Version (ESV) 
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