Luke 12:19

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹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.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐρῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου, Ψυχή, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά· ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου.

Transliteration

And erō to the psychē of me, Psychē, echeis polla agatha keimena for etē polla; anapauou, phage, pie, euphrainou.

Grammar Details

• *erō*: future active indicative, 1st singular - I will say
• *psychē*: dative singular feminine - soul
• *Psychē*: vocative singular feminine - Soul
• *echeis*: present active indicative, 2nd singular - you have
• *polla*: accusative plural neuter - many
• *agatha*: accusative plural neuter - good things
• *keimena*: present middle participle, accusative plural neuter - being laid up/stored
• *etē*: accusative plural neuter - years
• *anapauou*: present middle imperative, 2nd singular - rest
• *phage*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - eat
• *pie*: aorist active imperative, 2nd singular - drink
• *euphrainou*: present middle imperative, 2nd singular - rejoice/be merry

Word Meanings

• *psychē*: soul/life/self
• *agatha*: good things/goods/possessions
• *keimena*: laid up/stored/set aside
• *etē*: years
• *anapauou*: rest/relax/take ease
• *phage*: eat
• *pie*: drink
• *euphrainou*: be merry/rejoice/enjoy yourself

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
• 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
• Jas 4:13-15 : 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
• Prov 27:1 : 1 ¶ Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
• Jas 5:1-3 : 1 ¶ Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you]. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
• Jas 5:5 : 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
• 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
• Rev 18:7 : 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
• Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
• Isa 5:8 : 8 ¶ Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
• Isa 5:11 : 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!
• Isa 22:13 : 13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
• Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.
• Amos 6:3-6 : 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
• Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteous.
• Matt 6:19-21 : 19 ¶ ‹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:› 20 ‹But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:› 21 ‹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.›
• Luke 16:19 : 19 ¶ ‹There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:›
• Luke 21:34 : 34 ‹And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and› [so] ‹that day come upon you unawares.›
• Deut 6:11-12 : 11 And houses full of all good [things], which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12 [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• Deut 8:12-14 : 12 Lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein]; 13 And [when] thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
• Job 14:1 : 1 ¶ Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble.
• Job 21:11-13 : 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
• Job 31:24-25 : 24 ¶ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
• Ps 49:18 : 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
• Ps 52:5-7 : 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. 6 ¶ The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 7 Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
• Prov 18:11 : 11 ¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
• Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• Ps 49:5-9 : 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? 6 ¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption. 10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish. 13 This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.