| NETBible | You 1 do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? 2 For you are a puff of smoke 3 that appears for a short time and then vanishes. |
| NIV © |
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. |
| NASB © |
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. |
| NLT © |
How do you know what will happen tomorrow? For your life is like the morning fog––it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. |
| MSG © |
You don't know the first thing about tomorrow. You're nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. |
| BBE © |
When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone. |
| NRSV © |
Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. |
| NKJV © |
whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. |
| KJV | Whereas <3748> ye know <1987> (5736) not <3756> what <3588> [shall be] on the morrow <839>_. For <1063> what <4169> [is] your <5216> life <2222>_? It is <2076> (5748) even <1063> a vapour <822>_, that <4314> appeareth for <5316> (5730) a little time <3641>_, and <1161> then <1899> vanisheth away <853> (5746)_. {It...: or, For it is} |
| NASB © |
Yet <3748> you do not know <1987> what <4169> your life <2222> will be like tomorrow <839> . You are just a vapor <822> that appears <5316> for a little <3641> while <3641> and then <1899> vanishes <853> away .<853> |
| NET [draft] ITL | You <3748> do <1987> not <3756> know <1987> about tomorrow <839> . What <4169> is your <5216> life <2222> like? For <1063> you are <1510> a puff of smoke <822> that appears <5316> for <4314> a short time <3641> and <2532> then <1899> vanishes .<853> |
| GREEK | oitinev <3748> R-NPM ouk <3756> PRT-N epistasye <1987> (5736) V-PNI-2P thv <3588> T-GSF aurion <839> ADV poia <4169> I-NSF h <3588> T-NSF zwh <2222> N-NSF umwn <5216> P-2GP atmiv <822> N-NSF gar <1063> CONJ este <1510> (5748) V-PXI-2P prov <4314> PREP oligon <3641> A-ASN fainomenh <5316> (5730) V-PEP-NSF epeita <1899> ADV kai <2532> CONJ afanizomenh <853> (5746) V-PPP-NSF |
| NETBible | You 1 do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? 2 For you are a puff of smoke 3 that appears for a short time and then vanishes. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Grk “who” (continuing the description of the people of v. 13). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. 2 tn Or “you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow.” 3 tn Or “a vapor.” The Greek word ἀτμίς (atmis) denotes a swirl of smoke arising from a fire (cf. Gen 19:28; Lev 16:13; Joel 2:30 [Acts 2:19]; Ezek 8:11). |