from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
Luke 12:18 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my storehouses and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain or produce and my goods. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. Common English Bible Then he thought, Here’s what I’ll do. I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. That’s where I’ll store all my grain and goods. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: 'This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build larger ones. And into these, I will gather all the things that have been grown for me, as well as my goods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods. |
from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'
I will tell my soul, *Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.*'
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.*
Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
Come now, you who say, *Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.*
For you ought to say, *If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.*