James 4:14
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
מָחָר
mâchâr
properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
נָשִׂיא
nâsîyʼ
properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →נָשִׂיא nâsîyʼ
properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
Study H5387 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →מָחָר mâchâr
properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
Study H4279 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →Cross References
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
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