Lockman - Bible questions and answers

NASB					James 4:14 ¹Yet³⁷⁴⁸ you do not know¹⁹⁸⁷ ²what⁴¹⁶⁹ your life²²²² will be like tomorrow⁸³⁹. ^AYou are just a vapor⁸²² that appears⁵³¹⁶ for a little³⁶⁴¹ while³⁶⁴¹ and then¹⁸⁹⁹ vanishes⁸⁵³ away⁸⁵³.
AMPLIFIED 2015					James 4:14 ¹Yet you do not know [the least thing] ²about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

NASB Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.

Lit Who do not

Or what will happen tomorrow. What kind of life is yours?

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.

Lit Who do not.

Lit what sort your life will be.

NASB Cross References:
Related verses.

Job 7:7 ¶ "Remember that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.

Hebrew-Aramaic & Greek Dictionary:
(#) is number of times this NASB word was translated from the original language.

Show verses containing
this Strong's number:

Greek Heb.

822

atmis; of unc. or.; vapor:--vapor(2).

839

aurion; adv. of unc. or.; tomorrow:--next day(3), tomorrow(11).

853

aphanizô; from 852; to make unseen, i.e. destroy:--destroy(1), destroys(1), neglect(1), perish(1), vanishes away(1).

1899

epeita; from 1909 and 1534; thereafter:--after(2), then(14).

1987

epistamai; from 2186; to know, to understand:--being acquainted(1), know(6), know about(1), knowing(2), knows(1), understand(2), understands(1).

2222

zôê; from 2198; life:--alive(1), life(133), living(1).

3641

oligos; a prim. word; few, little, small:--brief(1), briefly(1), few(11), few things(3), great*(1), little(7), little way(1), little while(4), long*(1), number*(2), short(3), short time(1), small(3), while(1).

3748

hostis,
hêtis,
ho ti; from 3739 and 5100; whoever, anyone who:--after(1), because(1), everyone who(1), one who(1), ones who(1), these(2), these...matters which(1), this(3), what(1), whatever things(1), which(29), who(61), whoever(9), whoever*(3), yet(1).

4169

poios; from the same as 4214; of what sort?:--any(1), kind of...by which(1), what(21), what kind(6), what things(1), which(3), which ones(1).

5316

phainô; from a prim. root; to bring to light, to cause to appear:--appear(5), appeared(7), appears(1), became evident(1), become(1), flashes(1), noticed(2), seem(1), seen(2), shine(3), shines(1), shining(4), shown(1), visible(1).

Search for your Bible question and answer here: