![NIV]() | Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 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. |
This was said, by James, who was the brother of Jesus. The one Jesus said to the others when they asked, "What shall we do if you go away from us? Jesus answered, "Go to James, for which heaven & earth came into existence, for"....
Here is another version of the same thing: (you can see he was also a wise man)...
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 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.