“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes — the confrontation with human finitude is stark: the future is unknown (ouk oïdate, you do not know). The metaphor of life as atmis (mist/vapor) that appears briefly and then vanishes echoes Old Testament wisdom (cf. Psalm 39:5, Wisdom of Solomon 2:2-5). The mist image captures the evanescence of human existence and the futility of planning as though time were one's own possession.
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