Luke 12:18 Parallel Translations

He said, 'I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones so that I can store all my grain and goods in them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

DBY:

And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

ERV:

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my corn and my goods.

WEY:

"And he said to himself, "'This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;

WBS:

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I deposit all my fruits and my goods.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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,

Luke 12:18 Cross References

XREF:

Luke 12:17 "And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

Luke 12:19 And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

12:18 There will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. In his enlarged storehouses. He will hoard his goods. Here was the beginning of his folly; to hoard his surplus instead of using it for the good of men.

MHC:

12:13-21 Christ's kingdom is spiritual, and not of this world. Christianity does not meddle with politics; it obliges all to do justly, but wordly dominion is not founded in grace. It does not encourage expectations of worldly advantages by religion. The rewards of Christ's disciples are of another nature. Covetousness is a sin we need constantly to be warned against; for happiness and comfort do not depend on the wealth of this world. The things of the world will not satisfy the desires of a soul. Here is a parable, which shows the folly of carnal worldling while they live, and their misery when they die. The character drawn is exactly that of a prudent, worldly man, who has no grateful regard to the providence of God, nor any right thought of the uncertainty of human affairs, the worth of his soul, or the importance of eternity. How many, even among professed Christians, point out similar characters as models for imitation, and proper persons to form connexions with! We mistake if we think that thoughts are hid, and thoughts are free. When he saw a great crop upon his ground, instead of thanking God for it, or rejoicing to be able to do more good, he afflicts himself. What shall I do now? The poorest beggar in the country could not have said a more anxious word. The more men have, the more perplexity they have with it. It was folly for him to think of making no other use of his plenty, than to indulge the flesh and gratify the sensual appetites, without any thought of doing good to others. Carnal worldlings are fools; and the day is coming when God will call them by their own name, and they will call themselves so. The death of such persons is miserable in itself, and terrible to them. Thy soul shall be required. He is loth to part with it; but God shall require it, shall require an account of it, require it as a guilty soul to be punished without delay. It is the folly of most men, to mind and pursue that which is for the body and for time only, more than that for the soul and eternity.

CONC:

Barns Bestow Bigger Build Deposit Fruits Gather Goods Grain Granaries Greater Harvest Larger Lay Ones Produce Products Pull Store Storehouses Store-houses Tear Wealth

Barns Bestow Bigger Build Deposit Fruits Gather Goods Grain Granaries Greater Harvest I'll Larger Ones Produce Products Pull Store Storehouses Store-Houses Tear Together Wealth

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