Charles Ellicott Commentary James 4:13

"Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:" — James 4:13 (ASV)

You that say...—The Apostle would reason next with the worldly; not merely those abandoned to pleasure, but any and all absorbed in the quest of gain or advancement.

The original is represented a little more closely, thus: Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade and get gain.

“Mortals think all men mortal but themselves;” yet who does not boast of tomorrow (Proverbs 27:1), in spite of a thousand proverbs, and reckon on the wondrous chance of

“That untravelled world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever as he roams?”