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.
• 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.” ’
• New Living Translation (NLT)And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

Context of Luke 12:19

17He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’ 20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but 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 filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,
• Deuteronomy 8:12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,
• Job 31:24“If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’
• Psalms 49:5Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me—
• Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.
• Psalms 62:10Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
• Proverbs 18:11The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
• Proverbs 23:5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
• Isaiah 5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.
• Hosea 12:8Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.”
• Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.
• Matthew 6:19“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
• 1 Timothy 6:17Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
• James 5:1Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
• Job 14:1“Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.
• Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may 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