Deo Volente, or DV for short, is Latin for 'God willing'. It is used when saying something is going to happen in the (distant) future in a certain way, except if circumstances will cause it to happen differently. The phrase is often found in invitation cards.
The use of this phrase is derived from this passage in the Bible:
James 4:13-15
13 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: 14 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. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
The use of this phrase is derived from this passage in the Bible:
James 4:13-15
13 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: 14 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. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
by T-Mo-T May 19, 2017