James 4:14
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Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

It is.

James 1:10 And the rich, in his being low: because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.

Job 7:6,7 My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope. . . .

Job 9:25,26 My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good. . . .

Job 14:1,2 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. . . .

Psalm 39:5 Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.

Psalm 89:47 Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?

Psalm 90:5-7 Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be. . . .

Psalm 102:3 For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 38:12 My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered and the flower thereof is fallen away.

1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all is at hand. Be prudent therefore and watch in prayers.

1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.

Context
Do Not Boast of Tomorrow
13But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year and will traffic and make our gain. 14Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow. 15For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will, and, If we shall live, we will do this or that.…
Cross References
Job 7:7
Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things.

Psalm 39:5
Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.

Psalm 78:39
And he remembered that they are flesh: a wind that goeth and returneth not.

Psalm 102:3
For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

Psalm 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days pass away like a shadow.

Proverbs 27:1
Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

Isaiah 2:22
Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.

Lexicon
You
οἵτινες (hoitines)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3748: Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.

do not even know
ἐπίστασθε (epistasthe)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1987: To know, know of, understand. Apparently a middle voice of ephistemi; to put the mind upon, i.e. Comprehend, or be acquainted with.

what [will happen]
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

tomorrow!
αὔριον (aurion)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 839: Tomorrow. From a derivative of the same as aer; properly, fresh, i.e. to-morrow.

What [is]
ποία (poia)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4169: Of what sort. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative what sort of, or which one.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

life?
ζωὴ (zōē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.

You are
ἐστε (este)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a mist
ἀτμὶς (atmis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 822: Breath, steam, vapor. From the same as aer; mist.

that appears
φαινομένη (phainomenē)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5316: Prolongation for the base of phos; to lighten, i.e. Show.

for a little [while]
ὀλίγον (oligon)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3641: Puny; especially neuter somewhat.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

then
ἔπειτα (epeita)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1899: Then, thereafter, afterwards. From epi and eita; thereafter.

vanishes.
ἀφανιζομένη (aphanizomenē)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 853: From aphanes; to render unapparent, i.e. consume, or disappear.


Additional Translations
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.

who know not what is on the next day. What is your life? It is just a vapor, appearing for a little while, and then vanishing.

Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow: For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.

Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
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