Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things, 19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry. 20 And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?


Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

Proverbs 27:1

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

1 Corinthians 15:32

if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!

James 4:13-15

Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

Deuteronomy 6:11-12

and houses full of all good things which thou hast not filled, and wells digged which thou hast not digged, vineyards and olive-yards which thou hast not planted, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied;

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

Job 14:1

Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!

Job 21:11-13

They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

Job 31:24-25

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

Psalm 49:5-13

Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

Psalm 49:18

For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

Psalm 52:5-7

Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 62:10

Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

Proverbs 23:5

For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!

Isaiah 22:13

And lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that is sin.'

Amos 6:3-6

Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them is his portion fertile, and his food fat.

Matthew 6:19-21

'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

Luke 16:19

And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

Luke 21:34

'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

1 Timothy 5:6

and she who is given to luxury, living -- hath died;

1 Timothy 6:17

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

James 5:1-3

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;

James 5:5

ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;

1 Peter 4:3

for sufficient to us is the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

Revelation 18:7

'As much as she did glorify herself and did revel, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and a widow I am not, and sorrow I shall not see;

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