Do Not Boast about Tomorrow
James 4:13
In 9 translations
- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
- ASV
- 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:
- LSV
- Go, now, you who are saying, “Today and tomorrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain,”
- YLT
- 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;'
- DBY
- Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
- DRC
- But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year, and will traffic, and make our gain.
- GNV
- Goe to now ye that say, To day or to morowe we will goe into such a citie, and continue there a yeere, and bye and sell, and get gaine,
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἢ (“or”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read καὶ (“and”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πορευσόμεθα (“we will go”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πορευσώμεθα (“we may go”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ποιήσομεν (“will spend”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ποιήσωμεν (“let us make”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἕνα (“one”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐμπορευσόμεθα (“will trade”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐμπορευσώμεθα (“may trade”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read κερδήσομεν (“will make a profit”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read κερδήσωμεν (“may make a profit”).
SBLGNT apparatus (6)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ἢ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἢ; Robinson–Pierpont read καὶ.
- SBLGNT: πορευσόμεθα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πορευσόμεθα; Robinson–Pierpont read πορευσώμεθα.
- SBLGNT: ποιήσομεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ποιήσομεν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ποιήσωμεν.
- SBLGNT: ἐνιαυτὸν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐνιαυτὸν; Robinson–Pierpont add ἕνα.
- SBLGNT: ἐμπορευσόμεθα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐμπορευσόμεθα; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐμπορευσώμεθα.
- SBLGNT: κερδήσομεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κερδήσομεν; Robinson–Pierpont read κερδήσωμεν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες· Σήμερον ἢ αὔριον πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καὶ ποιήσομεν ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ ἐμπορευσόμεθα καὶ κερδήσομεν·
- RP2018
- Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες, Σήμερον καὶ αὔριον πορευσώμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα, καὶ ἐμπορευσώμεθα, καὶ κερδήσωμεν·
- TR-Boyd
- Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες, Σήμερον ἢ αὔριον πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ποιήσομεν ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα, καὶ ἐμπορευσόμεθα, καὶ κερδήσομεν·ἢ ¦ καὶ STπορευσόμεθα ¦ πορευσώμεθα STποιήσομεν ¦ ποιήσωμεν STἐμπορευσόμεθα ¦ ἐμπορευσώμεθα STκερδήσομεν ¦ κερδήσωμεν ST
- SCR1894
- αγε νυν οι λεγοντες σημερον η αυριον πορευσομεθα εις τηνδε την πολιν και ποιησομεν εκει ενιαυτον ενα και εμπορευσομεθα και κερδησομεν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Luke 12:17–20So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain…
- Genesis 11:3–4And 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. “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that…
- 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 24:2people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- Isaiah 56:11–12Like 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: “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and…
- 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.
- 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;
- 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.
- Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).