Luke 12:19

Luke 12:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry."'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

Context of Luke 12:19

17He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops? 18I will do this,’ he said. ‘I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there. Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’ 20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared — whose will they be?’ 21“That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Luke 12:19 word by word

καὶ ἐρῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου· ψυχή, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά. ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• I will sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• toὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• toψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
• thou hastἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• goodsἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• laid upκεῖμαιkeimai · to lay/be appointedG2749
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• take thine easeἀναπαύωanapauō · to give restG373
• eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• be merryεὐφραίνωeuphrainō · to celebrateG2165

Cross-references for Luke 12:19

• Deuteronomy 6:11houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant — and when you eat and are satisfied,
• Deuteronomy 8:12When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,
• Job 31:24If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,
• Psalms 49:5Why should I fear in times of trouble? The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.
• Psalms 52:5This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah
• Psalms 62:10Place no trust in oppression or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, don’t set your heart on it.
• Proverbs 18:11The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; in his imagination it is like a high wall.
• Proverbs 23:5As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
• Isaiah 5:8Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is no more room and you alone are left in the land.
• Hosea 12:8But Ephraim thinks, “How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any iniquity in me that I can be punished for!”
• Habakkuk 1:16That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet and burn incense to their fishing net, for by these things their portion is rich and their food plentiful.
• Matthew 6:19“Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
• 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
• James 5:1Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.
• Job 14:1Anyone born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.
• Proverbs 27:1Don’t boast about tomorrow, for you don’t know what a day might bring.

Commentaries on Luke 12:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Soul, thou hast much goods - Great possessions are generally accompanied with pride, idleness, and luxury; and these are the greatest enemies to salvation. Moderate poverty, as one justly observes, is a great talent in order to salvation; but it is one which nobody desires. Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry - This was exactly the creed of the ancient Atheists and Epicureans. Ede, bibe, lude; post mortem nulla voluptas. What a wretched portion for…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Much goods - Much property. Enough to last a long while, so that there is no need of anxiety or labor. Take thine ease - Be free from care about the future. Have no anxiety about coming to want. Eat, drink, and be merry - This was just the doctrine of the ancient Epicureans and atheists, and it is, alas! too often the doctrine of those who are rich. They think that all that is valuable in life is to eat, and drink, and be cheerful or merry. Hence, their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20myself (Literally soul): The man was speaking to himself. You fool! In Scripture, a fool is not someone with low intelligence, but someone who dishonors and disobeys God (Psalm 14:1–5). your life will be required of you: The man believed his soul was secure, but God was not pleased with him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. a certain rich man, &c.--Why is this man called a "fool?" (Lu 12:20) (1) Because he deemed a life of secure and abundant earthly enjoyment the summit of human felicity. (2) Because, possessing the means of this, through prosperity in his calling, he flattered himself that he had a long lease of such enjoyment, and nothing to do but give himself up to it. Nothing else is laid to his charge.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