Luke 12:25 — Compare 3 English translations

Luke 12:25 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →

τίς tís G5101 who δὲ dé G1161 but ἐξ ek G1537 from ὑμῶν hymeîs G5210 you μεριμνῶν merimnáō G3309 to be anxious δύναται dýnamai G1410 to be able προσθεῖναι prostíthēmi G4369 to add ἐπὶ epí G1909 upon τὴν ho G3588 the ἡλικίαν hēlikía G2244 age αὐτοῦ autós G846 he πῆχυν pēchys G4083 cubit

Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.

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World English Bible Public Domain

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
King James Version Public Domain

And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

But which of you, being anxious, is able to add a cubit to his lifespan?

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

Luke 12:25 — compare English translations

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