James 4:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.””
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“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“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:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo James 4:13 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:3And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
- Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
- Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Ecclesiastes 2:1I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
- Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
- Isaiah 24:2people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
- Isaiah 56:11Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
- Ezekiel 7:12The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.
- Luke 12:17So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
- 1 Corinthians 7:30those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
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