NET Bible
"You ought to say instead,“If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”"
— James 4:15, NET Bible
“For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
“For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. ”
“For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."”
“For 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.”
“But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.”
“For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge– the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?
Come now, you who say,“Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”
You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
You ought to say instead,“If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”
But as it is, you boast about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.
So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.