Luke 12:25
23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- KJV
- And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
- WEB
- Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
- ASV
- And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?
- DARBY
- But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?
- BLB
- And who of you⁺, being anxious, is able to add to his lifespan a cubit?
- ÅB
- Og hvem av dere kan med all sin bekymring legge en alen til sin livslengde?
- OTB
- Hvem av dere kan ved å bekymre seg legge en eneste time til sitt livs lengde?
- B1930
- Og hvem av eder kan med all sin bekymring legge en alen til sin livslengde?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 6:27
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Read in contextMatthew 5:36
Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
Read in context