KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 12:18
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,
Surrounding context — Luke 12
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 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.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.
20 But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayτοῦτοG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itποιήσω·G4160 · poieōto do/make: doκαθελῶG2507 · kathaireōto take downμουG3165 · memeτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀποθήκαςG596 · apothēkēstorehouseκαὶG2532 · kaiandμείζοναςG3173 · megasgreatοἰκοδομήσωG3618 · oikodomeōto buildκαὶG2532 · kaiandσυνάξωG4863 · sunagōto assembleἐκεῖG1563 · ekeithereπάνταG3956 · pasallτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoσῖτονG4621 · sitosgrainκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀγαθάG18 · agathosgoodμουG3165 · meme
Cross-references
James 3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish.James 4:15For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.Luke 12:21So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.Luke 18:6And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.Luke 18:4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;Psalm 17:14From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
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