Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on James 4:13
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James4:13
13. Go to now--"Come now"; said to excite attention.
ye that say--boasting of the morrow.
To-day or to-morrow--as if ye had the free choice of either day as a certainty. Others read, "To-day and to-morrow."
such a city--literally, "this the city" (namely, the one present to the mind of the speaker). This city here.
continue ... a year--rather, "spend one year." Their language implies that when this one year is out, they purpose similarly settling plans for to come [Bengel].
buy and sell--Their plans for the future are all worldly.
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