Matthew 6:27 “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

Matthew 6:27

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

World English Bible

“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

American Standard Version

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

Geneva Bible 1599

Which of you by taking care is able to adde one cubite vnto his stature?

Darby Translation

But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

Young's Literal Translation

'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

Bible in Basic English

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

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Cross references

“by”

Ecclesiastes 3:14 Matthew 5:36 1 Corinthians 12:18 Psalm 39:6 Luke 12:25 Luke 12:26

Ecclesiastes 3:14 · BSB

I 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 5:36 · BSB

Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18 · BSB

But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

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.

Luke 12:25 · BSB

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Luke 12:26 · BSB

So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?

Also

Psalm 39:5–6

Psalm 39:5–6 · BSB

You, 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

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

In context

26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

28And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

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