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Luke 12:18–19

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12:18Then45 he said, ‘I46 will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 12:19And I will say to myself,47 “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!” ’

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Footnotes

  1. 45 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  2. 46 Note how often the first person pronoun is present in these verses. The farmer is totally self absorbed.
  3. 47 Grk “to my soul,” which is repeated as a vocative in the following statement, but is left untranslated as redundant.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” ’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“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.” ’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I 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.” ’

NLTNew Living Translation

Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods. 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!” ’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will gather in there all my grain and possessions. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!” ’

KJV 1900King James Version

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. 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.