James 4:14

You know nothing about tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

The greek text BETA

Nestle-Aland (NA)

οἵτινες   οὐκ   ἐπίστασθε   τὸ   τῆς   αὔριον   ποία   ἡ   ζωὴ   ὑμῶν.   ἀτμὶς   γάρ   ἐστε   ἡ   πρὸς   ὀλίγον   φαινομένη   ἔπειτα   καὶ   ἀφανιζομένη·  

Textus Receptus (TR)

οἵτινες   οὐκ   ἐπίστασθε   τὸ   τῆς   αὔριον   ποία   γὰρ   ἡ   ζωὴ   ὑμῶν.   ἀτμὶς   γάρ   ἐστε   ἡ   πρὸς   ὀλίγον   φαινομένη   ἔπειτα   καὶ   δὲ   ἀφανιζομένη·  

Manuscript comments

Both NA and TR have 20 words, however there are differences between the texts.



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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3748
οἵτινες (oitines)
who
Relative pron. Relative pronoun
nom. pl. Nominative plural masculine
R-NPM
G3756
οὐκ (oyk)
not
Particle Particle
Nominative Nominative
PRT-N
G1987
ἐπίστασθε (epistasthe)
know
VERB Verb
pres. middle dep. ind. present middle or passive deponent indicative
pl. second person plural
V-PNI-2P
G3588
τὸ (to)
what [is]
Definite article Definite article
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
T-ASN
G3588
τῆς (tes)
on the
Definite article Definite article
gen. sing. genitive singular feminine
T-GSF
G0839
αὔριον (ayrion)
next day [is].
Adverb Adverb
ADV
G4169
ποία (poia)
What [is]
Interrogative pron. Interrogative/Uncertain pronoun
nom. sing. Nominative singular feminine
I-NSF
G3588
(e)
the
Definite article Definite article
nom. sing. Nominative singular feminine
T-NSF
G2222
ζωὴ (zoe)
life
Noun Noun
nom. sing. Nominative singular feminine
N-NSF
G4771
ὑμῶν. (ymon.)
of you?
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
gen. pl. second person genitive plural
P-2GP
G0822
ἀτμὶς (atmis)
A vapor
Noun Noun
nom. sing. Nominative singular feminine
N-NSF
G1063
γάρ (gar)
just
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G1510
ἐστε (este)
you are,
VERB Verb
pres. active ind. present active indicative
pl. second person plural
V-PAI-2P
G3588
(e)
Definite article Definite article
nom. sing. Nominative singular feminine
T-NSF
G4314
πρὸς (pros)
for
Preposition Preposition
PREP
G3641
ὀλίγον (oligon)
a little [while]
Adjective Adjective
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
A-ASN
G5316
φαινομένη (phainomene)
appearing,
VERB Verb
pres. middle/passive part. present middle eller passive Participle
nom. sing. Nominative singular feminine
V-PEP-NSF
G1899
ἔπειτα (epeita)
then
Adverb Adverb
ADV
G2532
καὶ (kai)
also
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G0853
ἀφανιζομένη· (aphanizomene.)
vanishing.
VERB Verb
pres. pass. part. present passive Participle
nom. sing. Nominative singular feminine
V-PPP-NSF

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