Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’

International Standard Version

Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

A Conservative Version

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

American Standard Version

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Amplified

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things stored up, [enough] for many years; rest and relax, eat, drink and be merry (celebrate continually).”’

An Understandable Version

And I will say to myself, 'Soul, you have plenty of goods [i.e., grain and supplies] stored up for many years, [so], take it easy; eat, drink and have fun.'

Anderson New Testament

and I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Bible in Basic English

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

Common New Testament

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."'

Daniel Mace New Testament

then I will say to my soul, soul, you have many enjoyments in reserve for a number of years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Darby Translation

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

Godbey New Testament

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Goodspeed New Testament

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have great wealth stored up for years to come. Now take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." '

John Wesley New Testament

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.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; rest, eat, drink, be gladdened.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" '

Modern King James verseion

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.'

Moffatt New Testament

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample stores laid up for many a year; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."'

Montgomery New Testament

"'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.'

NET Bible

And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'

New Heart English Bible

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

Noyes New Testament

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Sawyer New Testament

and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.

The Emphasized Bible

and will say to my soul - Soul! thou hast many good things lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink,be making merry!

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast a multitude of good things in store for many years, be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry!

Twentieth Century New Testament

And I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'

Webster

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast abundance of goods laid up for many years; take thy ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Weymouth New Testament

and I will say to my life, "'Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'

Williams New Testament

Then I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Go on taking your ease; continue to eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

World English Bible

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

Worrell New Testament

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.'

Worsley New Testament

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast plenty of goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Youngs Literal Translation

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

Themes

Accumulation of wealth » Riches, earthly (select readings)

Alertness » What to be aware of

Carnal security » Poverty

Common delusions » Trusting in riches

Covetousness » Covetous people

Covetousness » Instances of » The rich fool

Earthly » Refused for obedience » Uprightness

Fool » Parables of » Of the rich fool

Gluttony » Leads to » Carnal security

Greed/gluttony » The greedy

Happiness » Of the wicked » Illustrated

Jesus Christ » Parables of » The rich fool

Parables » Parables of Christ » Rich fool

Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Presumption

Presuming upon time » Preparing for many years of enjoyment

Presumption » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Preparing for many years of enjoyment

Prosperity » Perils of » Examples of the evil effects of

Riches » Folly and danger of trusting to--illustrated

earthly Riches » Examples of evil tendency of » Trust in riches, the folly of

earthly Riches » Gift of God

Security » Carnal, leads men to dream of escape from common ills » Poverty

Self-delusion » Prosperity frequently leads to

Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged

Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged

Self-indulgence » Instances of » The rich fool

Time » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Preparing for many years of enjoyment

the things that are Transient » Power » Pleasure

earthly Treasures » Riches, earthly (select readings)

Trust in riches » The folly of

Wealth » Accumulation of » Select readings

Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Presumption

FALSE » Trusts » Trust in riches, the folly of

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

I will say
ἐρέω 
Ereo 
Usage: 41

to
ψυχή 
Psuche 
Usage: 62

my
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

ψυχή 
Psuche 
Usage: 62

ψυχή 
Psuche 
Usage: 62

thou hast
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

G18
ἀγαθός 
Agathos 
Usage: 70

laid up
κεῖμαι 
Keimai 
lie, be laid, be set, be appointed, be, be made, laid up, there
Usage: 23

for
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

ἔτος 
Etos 
Usage: 43

ἀναπαύω 
Anapauo 
Usage: 7

eat
φάγω 
Phago 
Usage: 54

πίνω πίω πόω 
Pino 
drink, drink of
Usage: 31

References

American

Fausets

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Rich Landowner Who Was A Fool

18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’


Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

1 Corinthians 15:32

If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

James 4:13-15

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”

Deuteronomy 6:11-12

and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied,

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

Job 14:1

Man, who is born of woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Job 21:11-13

“They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.

Job 31:24-25

“If I have put my confidence in gold,
And called fine gold my trust,

Psalm 49:5-13

Why should I fear in days of adversity,
When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,

Psalm 49:18

Though while he lives he congratulates himself—
And though men praise you when you do well for yourself—

Psalm 52:5-7

But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in oppression
And do not vainly hope in robbery;
If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Proverbs 18:11

A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.

Proverbs 23:5

When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field,
Until there is no more room,
So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink,
Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!

Isaiah 22:13

Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
No iniquity, which would be sin.”

Amos 6:3-6

Do you put off the day of calamity,
And would you bring near the seat of violence?

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net
And burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through these things their catch is large,
And their food is plentiful.

Matthew 6:19-21

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Luke 16:19

“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

Luke 21:34

Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.

1 Timothy 5:6

But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives.

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

2 Timothy 3:4

treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

James 5:1-3

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

James 5:5

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

1 Peter 4:3

For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.

Revelation 18:7

To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’

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