Parallel Verses

Amplified

Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and we will do this or that.”

New American Standard Bible

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.”

King James Version

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

Holman Bible

Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

International Standard Version

Instead you should say, "If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that."

A Conservative Version

in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.

American Standard Version

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

An Understandable Version

Instead, you should be saying, "If it is what the Lord wants, we will live and do this or that."

Anderson New Testament

Instead of that, you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Common New Testament

Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."

Daniel Mace New Testament

your language ought to be this, "if the Lord pleases to give us life, we shall do this, or that."

Darby Translation

instead of your saying, If the Lord should so will and we should live, we will also do this or that.

Godbey New Testament

on the contrary you should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will indeed do this, or that.

Goodspeed New Testament

This, instead of saying, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live to do this or that."

John Wesley New Testament

Instead of your saying, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

Julia Smith Translation

For you should say, If the Lord will, and we live, and should do this, or that.

King James 2000

For you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live, and do this, or that.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."

Modern King James verseion

Instead of you saying, If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For that, ye ought to say, "If the Lord will, and if we live, let us do this or that."

Moffatt New Testament

You ought rather to say, "If the Lord will, we shall live to do this or that."

Montgomery New Testament

You ought instead to say, "If the Lord wills it, we shall live and do this or that."

NET Bible

You ought to say instead, "If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that."

New Heart English Bible

For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."

Noyes New Testament

instead of saying, If the Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that;

Sawyer New Testament

for you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall both live and do this or that.

The Emphasized Bible

Instead of your saying - If, the Lord, be pleased, we shall both, live and do this or that;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Instead of your saying, If the Lord pleases, and we are alive, then we will do this or that thing.

Twentieth Century New Testament

You ought, rather, to say 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.'

Webster

Instead of that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

Weymouth New Testament

Instead of that you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that."

Williams New Testament

Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord is willing, we shall live and do this or that."

World English Bible

For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."

Worrell New Testament

instead of your saying, "If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that."

Worsley New Testament

If the Lord will, and we should live, and do this or that:

Youngs Literal Translation

instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀντί 
Anti 
for, because 9, for ... cause, therefore 9, in the room of
Usage: 14

ye
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

ought to say
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

If
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

will
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

we shall live
ζάω 
Zao 
live, be alive, alive, quick, lively, not tr, , vr live
Usage: 115

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

do
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

τοῦτο 
Touto 
Usage: 232

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

References

Easton

Fausets

Images James 4:15

Prayers for James 4:15

Context Readings

Arrogant Boasting About The Future

14 Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air]. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and we will do this or that.” 16 But as it is, you boast [vainly] in your pretension and arrogance. All such boasting is evil.


Cross References

Acts 18:21

but after telling them goodbye and saying, “I will return again if God is willing,” he set sail from Ephesus.

Hebrews 6:3

And we will do this [that is, proceed to maturity], if God permits.

2 Samuel 15:25-26

Then the king told Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to [its rightful place in] the city [of Jerusalem, the capital]. If I find favor in the Lord’s sight, He will bring me back again and let me see both it and His dwelling place (habitation).

Proverbs 19:21


Many plans are in a man’s mind,
But it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand (be carried out).

Lamentations 3:37


Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it?

Romans 1:10

in my prayers; always pleading that somehow, by God’s will, I may now at last come to you.

Romans 15:32

so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and find rest in your company.

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not just the talk of these arrogant people, but [evaluate] their [spiritual] power [whether they live up to their own claims].

1 Corinthians 16:7

For I do not wish to see you right now just in passing, but I hope to remain with you for some time [later on], if the Lord permits.

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