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Luke 12:19
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Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy;
And I will say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods layd vp for many yeeres, take thine ease, eate, drinke, and be merry.
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.
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry."'
'And I will say to myself, "You have many goods stored up for many years to come; relax, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!"'
Then I can say to myself, "I have enough good things stored to last for many years. Rest, eat, drink, and enjoy life!"'
'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)."'
'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."'
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."'
Then I will say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!"'
Then I'll say to myself, ‘You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'"
Then I'll say to myself, "You're a lucky man! You have a big supply of goods laid up that will last many years. Start taking it easy! Eat! Drink! Enjoy yourself!"'
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
And I wil say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods laide vp for many yeeres: liue at ease, eate, drinke and take thy pastime.
And I will say to myself, Myself, you have many good things stored up for many years; rest, eat, drink, and be happy.
Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!'
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take rest, eat, drink, and be glad.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
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.
I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
Then I'll say to my soul, "Soul, you've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'Ecclesiastes 11:9; 1 Corinthians 15:32; James 5:5;">[xr]
and I will say to my soul, My soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years: be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
and I will say to my soul: My soul, thou hast good things in abundance, which are stored up for many years; take thy ease; eat, drink, and live in pleasure.
And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp [in store] for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
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.
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.'
And Y schal seie to my soule, Soule, thou hast many goodis kept in to ful many yeeris; rest thou, ete, drynke, and make feeste.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.
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.
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
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."'
And I'll sit back and say to myself, "My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!"'
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many good things put away in your building. It will be all you need for many years to come. Now rest and eat and drink and have lots of fun."'
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'
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!
And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.'
and I will saye to my soule: Soule thou hast moch goodes layde vp in stoore for many yeares take thyne ease: eate drinke and be mery.
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
& wil saye vnto my soule: Soule, thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares, take now thine ease, eate, drinke, and be mery.
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.
I'll be able to sit back and admire all the things I have accomplished and obtained! I'll spend my days with wine, women, and song.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Soul: Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 6:12, Deuteronomy 8:12-14, Job 31:24, Job 31:25, Psalms 49:5-13, Psalms 49:18, Psalms 52:5-7, Psalms 62:10, Proverbs 18:11, Proverbs 23:5, Isaiah 5:8, Hosea 12:8, Habakkuk 1:16, Matthew 6:19-21, 1 Timothy 6:17, James 5:1-3
for: Job 14:1, Proverbs 27:1, James 4:13-15
take: Luke 16:19, Luke 21:34, Job 21:11-13, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 22:13, Amos 6:3-6, 1 Corinthians 15:32, Philippians 3:19, 1 Timothy 5:6, 2 Timothy 3:4, James 5:5, 1 Peter 4:3, Revelation 18:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 49:6 - O my soul Judges 9:27 - did eat Judges 19:6 - let thine heart 1 Samuel 30:16 - eating 2 Samuel 3:33 - as a fool dieth 2 Chronicles 33:21 - two years Esther 5:11 - the glory Job 1:13 - when Job 12:5 - of him Job 14:19 - destroyest Job 15:20 - the number Job 15:29 - neither shall Job 21:13 - They Job 21:23 - in his full strength Psalms 4:6 - many Psalms 10:3 - and blesseth Psalms 17:14 - portion Psalms 30:6 - And Psalms 49:6 - boast Proverbs 10:15 - rich Proverbs 11:7 - General Proverbs 14:8 - folly Proverbs 14:24 - foolishness Ecclesiastes 2:1 - said Ecclesiastes 2:24 - that it Ecclesiastes 6:2 - so Ecclesiastes 6:7 - appetite Ecclesiastes 10:19 - and wine Isaiah 5:14 - he that rejoiceth Isaiah 56:12 - to morrow Jeremiah 9:23 - rich Jeremiah 51:13 - and the Ezekiel 7:19 - they shall not Daniel 4:4 - was Daniel 4:30 - Is not Daniel 5:5 - the same Amos 6:4 - stretch themselves upon their couches Amos 6:13 - which Zephaniah 1:18 - their silver Matthew 24:38 - they Matthew 25:29 - shall be taken Mark 8:36 - what Luke 9:25 - what Luke 12:46 - lord Luke 17:27 - General Hebrews 11:25 - the pleasures
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And I will say to my soul,.... Himself, see
Psalms 49:18 or to his sensual appetite, which he sought to indulge and gratify, for he was wholly a sensual and carnal man:
soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years: he foolishly promises himself a long life, when no man can boast of tomorrow, or knows what a day will bring forth; or can assure himself he shall live a day, an hour, or moment longer: and he also depended upon the safety of his goods, thus laid up; whereas his barns might be consumed by fire at once, or his goods be devoured by vermin, or plundered by thieves, and by various ways taken out of his hands; for riches are uncertain things, and make themselves wings and fly away:
take thine case, eat, drink, and be merry; spend thy life in ease, luxury, and mirth; put away the evil day far from thee: never trouble thyself about a future state, tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundantly; and thou hast enough to make thyself happy, and let nothing disturb thee, and give a loose to all sensual pleasures, and carnal joys. This is the language of epicure among the Jews, and is forbidden to be used, especially on fast days; for so it is said, i
"let not a man say I will go to my house, "and I will eat and drink", (and say) ש××× ×¢××× × ×¤×©×, "peace to thee, O my soul"; if he does so, of him the Scripture says,
Isaiah 22:13 "Behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die---surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you, till ye die, &c."''
i T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 11. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Much goods - Much property. Enough to last a long while, so that there is no need of anxiety or labor.
Take thine ease - Be free from care about the future. Have no anxiety about coming to want.
Eat, drink, and be merry - This was just the doctrine of the ancient Epicureans and atheists, and it is, alas! too often the doctrine of those who are rich. They think that all that is valuable in life is to eat, and drink, and be cheerful or merry. Hence, their chief anxiety is to obtain the âdelicacies of the season â - the luxuries of the world; to secure the productions of every clime at any expense, and to be distinguished for splendid repasts and a magnificent style of living. What a portion is this for an immortal soul! What folly to think that âallâ that a man lives for is to satisfy his sensual appetites; to forget that he has an intellect to be cultivated, a heart to be purified, a soul to be saved!
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 12:19. Soul, thou hast much goods — Great possessions are generally accompanied with pride, idleness, and luxury; and these are the greatest enemies to salvation. Moderate poverty, as one justly observes, is a great talent in order to salvation; but it is one which nobody desires.
Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.] This was exactly the creed of the ancient Atheists and Epicureans. Ede, bibe, lude; post mortem nulla voluptas. What a wretched portion for an immortal spirit! and yet those who know not God have no other, and many of them not even this.
