James 4:13 Parallel Translations

Pay attention to this! You're saying, "Today or tomorrow we will go into some city, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

ASV:

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

BBE:

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

DBY:

Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

ERV:

Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

WEY:

Come, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and spend a year there and carry on a successful business,"

WBS:

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain:

WEB:

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."

YLT:

Go, 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;'

James 4:13 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Luke 12:18 "Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

James 5:1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:13 {8} Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
(8) The other fault is this: That men do so confidently determine on these and those matters and businesses, as though every moment of their life did not depend on God.

PNT:

4:13 Go to now. Presumptuous judgments have just been rebuked. Shall we presume on an uncertain future? The folly of laying plans as if we could command life is exposed.

WES:

4:13 Come now, ye that say - As peremptorily as if your life were in your own hands.

MHC:

4:11-17 Our lips must be governed by the law of kindness, as well as truth and justice. Christians are brethren. And to break God's commands, is to speak evil of them, and to judge them, as if they laid too great a restraint upon us. We have the law of God, which is a rule to all; let us not presume to set up our own notions and opinions as a rule to those about us, and let us be careful that we be not condemned of the Lord. Go to now, is a call to any one to consider his conduct as being wrong. How apt worldly and contriving men are to leave God out of their plans! How vain it is to look for any thing good without God's blessing and guidance! The frailty, shortness, and uncertainty of life, ought to check the vanity and presumptuous confidence of all projects for futurity. We can fix the hour and minute of the sun's rising and setting to-morrow, but we cannot fix the certain time of a vapour being scattered. So short, unreal, and fading is human life, and all the prosperity or enjoyment that attends it; though bliss or woe for ever must be according to our conduct during this fleeting moment. We are always to depend on the will of God. Our times are not in our own hands, but at the disposal of God. Our heads may be filled with cares and contrivances for ourselves, or our families, or our friends; but Providence often throws our plans into confusion. All we design, and all we do, should be with submissive dependence on God. It is foolish, and it is hurtful, to boast of worldly things and aspiring projects; it will bring great disappointment, and will prove destruction in the end. Omissions are sins which will be brought into judgment, as well as commissions. He that does not the good he knows should be done, as well as he who does the evil he knows should not be done, will be condemned. Oh that we were as careful not to omit prayer, and not to neglect to meditate and examine our consciences, as we are not to commit gross outward vices against light!

CONC:

Business Buy Carry Continue Engage Foolish Gain Let's Money Morrow Pass Profit Saying Sell Spend Successful To-day Tomorrow To-morrow Town Trade Traffic Wealth

Business Buy Carry City Continue Engage Gain Let's Money Morrow Profit Sell Spend Successful Today To-Day Tomorrow To-Morrow Trade Wealth

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