Matthew 6:27

Matthew 6:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
• 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)Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

Context of Matthew 6:27

25“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 28“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

Matthew 6:27 word by word

τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whichτίςtis · which?G5101
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• youσύsu · youG4771
• by taking thoughtμεριμνάωmerimnaō · to worryG3309
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• addπροστίθημιprostithēmi · to add (to)G4369
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• cubitπῆχυςpēchus · cubit/hourG4083
• untoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• statureὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• statureἡλικίαhēlikia · age/heightG2244

Cross-references for Matthew 6:27

• Matthew 5:36And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
• Psalms 39:6“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.
• Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.
• Luke 12:25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?
• 1 Corinthians 12:18But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.

Commentaries on Matthew 6:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? - The third reason against these carking cares is the unprofitableness of human solicitude, unless God vouchsafe to bless it. What can our uneasiness do but render us still more unworthy of the Divine care? The passage from distrust to apostasy is very short and easy; and a man is not far from murmuring against Providence, who is dissatisfied with its conduct. We should depend as fully…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Which of you, by taking thought - The third argument is taken from their extreme weakness and helplessness. With all your care you cannot increase your stature a single cubit. God has ordered your height. Beyond his appointment your powers are of no avail, and you can do nothing. So of raiment. He, by His providence, orders and arranges the circumstances of your life. “Beyond” that appointment of His providence, beyond his care for you, your efforts avail…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-34Verses 25-34 There is scarcely any sin against which our Lord Jesus more warns his disciples, than disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of this life. This often insnares the poor as much as the love of wealth does the rich. But there is a carefulness about temporal things which is a duty, though we must not carry these lawful cares too far. Take no thought for your life. Not about the length of it; but refer it to God to lengthen…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-34Jesus taught people to live without worry by trusting God to provide for them. His disciples abandoned everything (Matthew 4:18–22; 9:9; 10:5–14). Jesus encouraged them that God would provide their needs.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. Which of you, by taking thought--anxious solicitude. can add one cubit unto his stature?--"Stature" can hardly be the thing intended here: first, because the subject is the prolongation of life, by the supply of its necessaries of food and clothing: and next, because no one would dream of adding a cubit--or a foot and a half--to his stature, while in the corresponding passage in Luke (Lu 12:25, 26) the thing intended is represented as "that thing…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 6:27

• Care
• Cubit
• Faith
• Instruction
• Readings, Select
• Religion
• Trouble
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Add
• Appear
• Closet
• Consider
• Corrupt
• Countenance
• Despise
• Fast
• Forgive
• Glory

Commentaries on Matthew 6

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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