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James 4:14

NETBible	You¹ do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like?² For you are a puff of smoke³ that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
NIV © biblegateway Jam 4:14	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.
NASB © biblegateway Jam 4:14	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 © biblegateway Jam 4:14	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 © biblegateway Jam 4:14	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 © SABDAweb Jam 4:14	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 © bibleoremus Jam 4:14	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 © biblegateway Jam 4:14	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.
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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 © biblegateway Jam 4:14	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 ouk epistasye aurion poia h zwh umwn atmiv gar este oligon fainomenh kai afanizomenh <853> (5746) V-PPP-NSF

NETBible

You¹ do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like?² For you are a puff of smoke³ that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²tn Or “you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow.”

³tn 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).