Luke 12:25

Luke 12:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
• New International Version (NIV)Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
• New King James Version (NKJV)And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

Context of Luke 12:25

23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 26So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest? 27Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

Luke 12:25 word by word

τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ προσθεῖναι πῆχυνRead the interlinear

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• youσύsu · youG4771
• by worryingμεριμνάωmerimnaō · to worryG3309
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• addπροστίθημιprostithēmi · to add (to)G4369
• a single hourπῆχυςpēchus · cubit/hourG4083
• toἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• lifeἡλικίαhēlikia · age/heightG2244

Cross-references for Luke 12:25

• Luke 19:3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
• Matthew 5:36Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
• Matthew 6:27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Commentaries on Luke 12:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25To his stature one cubit? - See on Matthew 6:27; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-31Verses 22-31 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 6:25-33.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-40Verses 22-40 Christ largely insisted upon this caution not to give way to disquieting, perplexing cares, Mt 6:25-34. The arguments here used are for our encouragement to cast our care upon God, which is the right way to get ease. As in our stature, so in our state, it is our wisdom to take it as it is. An eager, anxious pursuit of the things of this world, even necessary things, ill becomes the disciples of Christ. Fears must not prevail; when we frighten…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25add a single hour to his life (literally add a single cubit to his length): Worry cannot make life any longer.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-3122-31. (See on Mt 6:25-33).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings