James 4:13 KJV

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
  • Luke 12:17–20 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? …
  • Genesis 11:3–4 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. …
  • Isaiah 56:11–12 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. …
  • Ezekiel 7:12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

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Greek and Strong’s

  • Go to Ἄγε Age Verb · present active imperative, second person singular ἄγε áge
  • now νῦν nyn νῦν Adverb
  • ye that say οἱ hoi Pronoun · second person, vocative masculine plural λέγοντες legontes λέγω Verb · present active participle, vocative masculine plural
  • To day Σήμερον Sēmeron σήμερον Adverb
  • or καὶ kai καί Conjunction
  • to morrow ἢ ē Conjunction αὔριον aurion αὔριον Adverb
  • we will go πορευσόμεθα poreusometha πορεύομαι Verb · future middle indicative, first person plural
  • into εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
  • such τήνδε tēnde ὅδε Article · accusative feminine singular
  • a city τήν tēn Article · accusative feminine singular πόλιν polin πόλις Noun · accusative feminine singular
  • and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
  • continue ποιήσομεν poiēsomen ποιέω Verb · future active indicative, first person plural
  • there ἐκεῖ ekei ἐκεῖ Adverb
  • a ἕνα hena εἷς Article · accusative masculine singular
  • year ἐνιαυτὸν eniauton ἐνιαυτός Noun · accusative masculine singular
  • and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
  • buy and sell ἐμπορευσόμεθα emporeusometha ἐμπορεύομαι Verb · future middle indicative, first person plural
  • and καί kaí
  • get gain κερδήσομεν kerdēsomen κερδαίνω Verb · future active indicative, first person plural

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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