Luke 12:20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be requ…”

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But 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?

World English Bible

“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?’

American Standard Version

But 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?

Geneva Bible 1599

But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule from thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

'And 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?

Bible in Basic English

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

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Cross references

“God”

Job 27:8 Psalm 73:19 Matthew 24:48–51 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Nahum 1:10 Psalm 78:30

Job 27:8 · BSB

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Psalm 73:19 · BSB

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Matthew 24:48–51 · BSB

But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

1 Thessalonians 5:3 · BSB

While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Nahum 1:10 · BSB

For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

Psalm 78:30 · BSB

Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,

“Thou fool”

Jeremiah 17:11 James 4:14 Luke 11:40

Jeremiah 17:11 · BSB

Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

James 4:14 · BSB

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Luke 11:40 · BSB

You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

“then”

1 Timothy 6:7 Psalm 39:6 Psalm 49:17–19 Psalm 52:5–7 Proverbs 28:8 Proverbs 11:4

1 Timothy 6:7 · BSB

For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

Psalm 39:6 · BSB

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

Psalm 49:17–19 · BSB

For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

Psalm 52:5–7 · BSB

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Proverbs 28:8 · BSB

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 11:4 · BSB

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

21This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

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