20|But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?'


In Context

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

18 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.

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

20 |But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?'

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

22 He said to his disciples, |Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

Luke 12:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:20"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:20But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:20But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:20But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare — to whom shall they be?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20But 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?