Do Not Worry
Matthew 6:27
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?Or a single cubit to his height; a cubit was approximately 18 inches or 45 centimeters.
- KJV
- Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
- WEB
- “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?literally, cubit
- ASV
- And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?
- LSV
- And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
- YLT
- 'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
- DBY
- But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?
- DRC
- And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature by one cubit?
- GNV
- Which of you by taking care is able to adde one cubite vnto his stature?
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα;
- RP2018
- Τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα;
- TR-Boyd
- Τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα;
- SCR1894
- τις δε εξ υμων μεριμνων δυναται προσθειναι επι την ηλικιαν αυτου πηχυν ενα
Who and where
◆ Sermon on the Mount
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
CubitSermon on the mountSermon on the Plain, TheSermonStatureCare, OvermuchTroubleBeg; Beggar; BeggingReadings, SelectEthics
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 12:25–26Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
- Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
- Matthew 5:36Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
- Psalms 39:5–6You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he…
- 1 Corinthians 12:18But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
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