Verse 19

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

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og jeg vil si til min sjel: Sjelen min, du har mange varer liggende oppbevart for mange år; hvil deg, spis, drikk, og vær glad.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og jeg vil si til sjelen min: "Sjelen min, du har mange gode ting lagret for mange år; hvil deg, spis, drikk og vær lykkelig."

• Norsk King James

  Og jeg vil si til min sjel: Sjelen min, du har mye velstand oppbevart for mange år; ta det med ro, spis, drikk og vær glad.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg vil si til min sjel: Sjæl, du har mye godt lagret for mange år; hvil deg, spis, drikk og vær glad!

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og jeg vil si til min sjel: Sjel, du har mye godt liggende for mange år; slå deg til ro, et, drikk og vær glad.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Så vil jeg si til min sjel: Sjelen min, du har mye godt til mange år; hvil deg, spis, drikk og vær glad.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og jeg vil si til min sjel: Sjel, du har mye gods liggende for mange år; slapp av, spis, drikk og vær glad.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og jeg skal si til meg selv: 'Selv, du har samlet mange eiendeler for mange år; hvil, spis, drikk og fryd deg.'

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og jeg vil si til min sjel: Kjære sjel, du har mye godt lagret opp for mange år; slapp av, spis, drikk og vær glad!

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og jeg vil si til min sjel: Kjære sjel, du har mye godt lagret opp for mange år; slapp av, spis, drikk og vær glad!

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og jeg vil si til sjelen min: Sjelen min, du har mye godt lagt opp for mange år. Slapp av, spis, drikk og vær glad.’

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Luke.12.19", "source": "Καὶ ἐρῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου, Ψυχή, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά· ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου.", "text": "And *erō* to the *psychē* of me, *Psychē*, *echeis polla agatha keimena* for *etē polla*; *anapauou*, *phage*, *pie*, *euphrainou*.", "grammar": { "*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", "*polla*": "accusative plural neuter - many", "*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" }, "variants": { "*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" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Så vil jeg si til min sjel: Sjelen min, du har mye godt liggende for mange år; slapp av, spis, drikk og vær glad.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg vil sige til min Sjæl: Sjæl! du haver meget Godt i Forraad til mange Aar; giv dig til Ro, æd, drik, vær glad!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og jeg vil si til meg selv: Min sjel, du har mye godt liggende for mange år; hvil, spis, drikk og vær glad.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så vil jeg si til min sjel: Sjelen, du har mye godt liggende for mange år. Lev rolig, spis, drikk og vær glad.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  og jeg vil si til meg selv: Sjelen min, du har mye godt spart opp for mange år; hvil deg, spis, drikk og vær glad.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og jeg vil si til min sjel: Sjel, du har mye godt lagt opp for mange år; hvil deg, spis, drikk, vær glad.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og jeg vil si til min sjel: Sjelen, du har mye gods i behold for mange år; hvil deg, spis, drikk og vær glad.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & 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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  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.

• 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.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
• 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead do not rise? 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'
• Jas 4:13-15 : 13 Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit; 14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.
• Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
• Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days.
• Jas 5:5 : 5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been indulgent; you 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 done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
• Rev 18:7 : 7 As much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and sorrow: for she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
• Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
• 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
• Isa 5:8 : 8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!
• Isa 5:11 : 11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames 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 tomorrow we shall die.
• Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
• Amos 6:3-6 : 3 You who put far away the evil day, and bring near the seat of violence; 4 Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 Who sing to the sound of the harp, and invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 Who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest ointments: but are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
• Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is sumptuous and their food plentiful.
• Matt 6:19-21 : 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
• Luke 16:19 : 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:
• Luke 21:34 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly.
• Deut 6:11-12 : 11 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full; 12 Then beware, lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• Deut 8:12-14 : 12 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14 Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
• Job 14:1 : 1 Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
• Job 21:11-13 : 11 They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to the grave.
• Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
• Ps 49:18 : 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.
• Ps 52:5-7 : 5 God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 7 Look, this is the man that did not make 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 do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
• Prov 18:11 : 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own conceit.
• Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• Ps 49:5-9 : 5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall surround me? 6 Those who 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 ceases forever: 9 That he should still live forever, and not see corruption. 10 For he sees 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 forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.