James 4:14

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ESV	yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
NIV	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.
NLT	How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog– it's here a little while, then it's gone.
KJV	Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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