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]. Christian Standard Bible Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be!

Aug 26, 2024 · James 4:14 says, “Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.” A vapor is a fine mist like fog. It quickly burns away when the sun comes up. It …

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.

Yet 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.

James 4:14 says that life is a vapor or a mist (James 4:14). To understand what is meant in James 4:14 that life is "even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (NKJV), it is important to look at the larger context of the passage.

May 30, 2013 · 1. Life is a vapor. This means three things: A. Life is frail. James writes (4:13-14a), “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.’ Yet …

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.

And this life is a vapor. Two seconds, and we will be gone. In these thirty-one meditations, John Piper will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and a renewed relationship with Him.

Aug 26, 2024 · James’ picture of the brevity of life is that it is like a breath, mist, or vapor. There are many other verses throughout the Bible that also reveal the fleeting and temporary nature of our lives.

For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.