KJV King James Version
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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Matthew 6:29
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
WEB World English Bible
yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
ASV American Standard Version
yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
Surrounding context — Matthew 6
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
λέγωG3004 · legōto sayδὲG1161 · dethenὑμῖνG4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatοὐδὲG3761 · oudenorΣολομὼνG4672 · Solomōn, SalōmōnSolomonἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongπάσῃG3956 · pasallτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoδόξῃG1391 · doxagloryαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heπεριεβάλετοG4016 · periballōto clotheὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenἓνG1520 · ehisoneτούτων.G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/it
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 9:20-22And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold: none [were of] silver; it was [not] any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.2 Chronicles 9:4-6And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.1 Timothy 2:9-10In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;1 Kings 10:4-7And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,1 Peter 3:2-5While they behold your chaste conversation [coupled] with fear.
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