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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Vous qui ne savez pas ce qui arrivera demain! car, qu'est-ce que votre vie? Vous êtes une vapeur qui paraît pour un peu de temps, et qui ensuite disparaît.
KJV
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.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 89 (Migne)
venietis; quia et Jacob dixit: Quae enim est vita vestra? Vapor [Col. 1287A] est ad modicum parens (Jac. IV, 14) . Job quoque prosequitur: Memento quia ventus est vita mea (Job. VII, 7) . Baldat etiam occurrit, veraque sententia dicit: Ignoramus quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri s…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
tus vitae praesentis, ut in Epistola Jacobi: «Vapor est ad modicum * patens [Note: [Col. 1071] 16 Jac. IV, 14.] ,» id est, nullam stabilitatem habens. Vas est intelligentia Divinitatis, ut in Exodo: «Omne vas aureum in donaria Domini separatum est [Note: [Col. 1071] 17 Ex…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
, inquiens, quid sit in crastinum: pro eo ut dicatis: Si Dominus voluerit, faciemus hoc aut illud (Jac. IV, 14) . Caeterum rationabilius dicitur, isti imperatori, quam isti seniori meo, qui est junior aetate, licet sit excellentior personae nobilitate, et mundana imperii potest…
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