19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.


In Context

16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

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

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.

19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?

21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Luke 12:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:19And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:19And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:19And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:19I will tell my soul, |Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.|'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.