Luke 12:17

Bible in Basic English

And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?

King James Version (1611)
And he thought within himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roome where to bestow my fruits?

King James Version
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

English Standard Version
and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'

New American Standard Bible
"And he began thinking to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

New Century Version
He thought to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.'

Amplified Bible
"And he began thinking to himself, 'What shall I do, since I have no place [large enough in which] to store my crops?'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

Legacy Standard Bible
And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

Berean Standard Bible
So he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?'

Contemporary English Version
and he said to himself, "What can I do? I don't have a place large enough to store everything."

Complete Jewish Bible
He debated with himself, ‘What should I do? I haven't enough room for all my crops.'

Darby Translation
And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.

Easy-to-Read Version
He thought to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore he thought with himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roume, where I may lay vp my fruites?

George Lamsa Translation
And he reasoned within himself and said, What shall I do, for I have no place to gather my crops?

Good News Translation
He began to think to himself, ‘I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?

Lexham English Bible
And he reasoned to himself, saying, ‘What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'

Literal Translation
And he reasoned within himself, saying, What may I do, for I have nowhere I may gather my fruits?

American Standard Version
and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

Hebrew Names Version
He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

International Standard Version
So he began to think to himself, 'What should I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

Etheridge Translation
And he thought within himself, and said, What shall I do ? for I have not where to collect my provisions.

Murdock Translation
And he considered with himself, and said: What shall I do; for I have not where I can store up my produce?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites?

English Revised Version
and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

World English Bible
He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. And he reasoned in himself, saying, What shall I do?

Weymouth's New Testament
and he debated within himself, saying, "`What am I to do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he thouyte with ynne hym silf, and seide, What schal Y do, for Y haue not whidur Y schal gadere my fruytis?

Update Bible Version
and he reasoned to himself, saying, What shall I do, because I don't have a place to bestow my fruits?

Webster's Bible Translation
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to deposit my fruits?

New English Translation
so he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'

New King James Version
And he thought within himself, saying, "What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?'

New Living Translation
He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don't have room for all my crops.'

New Life Bible
The rich man thought to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place to put the grain.'

New Revised Standard
And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he began to deliberate within himself, saying - What shall I do? because I have not where I can gather my fruits.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Revised Standard Version
and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and he thought in himsilfe sayinge: what shall I do? because I have noo roume where to bestowe my frutes?

Young's Literal Translation
and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and he thought in himself, and sayde: What shal I do? I haue nothinge wher in to gather my frutes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and thus he reason'd with himself, what shall I do for want of room to store up my crop?

Simplified Cowboy Version
He thought to himself, 'I don't have enough grass for all my cows. I wonder what I should do?'

Contextual Overview

¹³ And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me. ¹⁴ But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you? ¹⁵ And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has. ¹⁶ And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile: ¹⁷ And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit. ¹⁸ 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. ¹⁹ 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. ²⁰ But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together? ²¹ So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: Luke 12:22, Luke 12:29, Luke 10:25, Luke 16:3, Acts 2:37, Acts 16:30

shall: Luke 12:33, Luke 3:11, Luke 11:41, Luke 14:13, Luke 14:14, Luke 16:9, Luke 18:22, Luke 19:17, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Isaiah 58:7, Matthew 5:42, Romans 12:13, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, 1 Timothy 6:17, 1 John 3:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:6 - General Leviticus 26:10 - General Job 20:23 - he is about Amos 6:1 - to them Malachi 3:10 - that there Matthew 3:9 - think Mark 4:19 - the cares Luke 7:39 - he spake Luke 18:4 - he said James 4:13 - To day

Cross-References

Genesis 12:14
And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.

Genesis 12:15
And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 20:18
For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

1 Chronicles 16:21
He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,

1 Chronicles 21:22
Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place where this grain-floor is, so that I may put up an altar here to the Lord: let me have it for its full price; so that this disease may be stopped among the people.

Job 34:19
Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

Hebrews 13:4
Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And, he thought within himself,.... And foolish thoughts they were; he did not think of God, or that there was one, and much less that he was the author, of all his outward prosperity and plenty; and was still further off of thinking of returning thanks to God for it: or of asking counsel of him, what he should do with it; but he consults himself only, and thought only within, and for himself; and not at all of his poor neighbours, or for the good of others; nor did he think even of his own soul, but altogether about his worldly substance:

saying, what shall I do? he does not say what shall I do for God? for his interest service, and glory? for the poor, the hungry, and thirsty, and naked? or for my own soul, that that may be eternally saved? but what shall I do with my goods?

because I have no room where to bestow my fruits: he had gathered in his harvest, and filled his barns as full as they could hold, so that they had no room for more; and yet had still an abundance to lay up, and about which he was anxiously concerned; not thinking of the empty bellies, barns, and houses of the poor, where he might have stowed much.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He thought within himself - He reasoned or inquired. He was anxious and perplexed. Riches increase thought and perplexity. Indeed, this is almost their only effect - to engross the thoughts and steal the heart away from better things, in order to take care of the useless wealth.

No room - Everything was full.

To bestow - To place, to hoard, to collect.

My fruits - Our word “fruits” is not applied to “grain;” but the Greek word is applied to all the produce of the earth - not only “fruit,” but also grain. This is likewise the old meaning of the English word, especially in the plural number.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 12:17. He thought within himself — Began to be puzzled in consequence of the increase of his goods. Riches, though ever so well acquired, produce nothing but vexation and embarrassment.