A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

'And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'