Luke 12:18

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.

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Luke 12:18

And he said, This will I doe, I will pull downe my barnes, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits, and my goods.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"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.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.
- Basic English Bible

Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
- Darby Bible

And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my corn and my goods.
- English Revised Version

He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Luke 12:18

Wesley's Notes for Luke 12:18


12:17 What shall I do? - The very language of want! Do? Why, lay up treasure in heaven.

12:20 Thou fool - To think of satisfying thy soul with earthly goods! To depend on living many years! Yea, one day! They - The messengers of death, commissioned by God, require thy soul of thee!



People's Bible Notes for Luke 12:18


Lu 12:18 There will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. In his enlarged storehouses. He will hoard his goods. Here was the beginning of his folly; to "hoard" his surplus instead of "using it" for the good of men.

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