James
James 4:13
13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Come | Ἄγε | Age | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G71 I lead |
| now | νῦν | nyn | Adverb | G3568 now, already, at present |
| you who | οἱ | hoi | Article - Vocative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| say | λέγοντες | legontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Masculine Plural | G3004 I say, speak |
| Today | Σήμερον | Sēmeron | Adverb | G4594 today, now |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| tomorrow | αὔριον | aurion | Adverb | G839 tomorrow |
| we will go | πορευσόμεθα | poreusometha | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Plural | G4198 I travel, journey, go |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| this or that | τήνδε | tēnde | Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3592 this here, this |
| city | πόλιν | polin | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4172 a city |
| spend | ποιήσομεν | poiēsomen | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G4160 I do, make |
| a year | ἐνιαυτὸν | eniauton | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G1763 a year |
| there | ἐκεῖ | ekei | Adverb | G1563 there, yonder, thither |
| carry on business | ἐμπορευσόμεθα | emporeusometha | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Plural | G1710 I travel as a merchant, engage in trade |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| make a profit | κερδήσομεν | kerdēsomen | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G2770 I gain, win, avoid loss |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 27:1 · Luke 12:17–20 · Genesis 11:3–4 · Ecclesiastes 2:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.