Luke 12:19

And I will say to my neshamah, Neshamah, you have an ample store of goods for many years to come. Take your ease, LEEKHOL, VLISHTOT, VLISHMOACH + 12:19 Koh 8:15 (to eat, and to drink, and to be merry).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James 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.

In Context

18And he said, This I will do. I will tear down my asim (granaries, storehouses) and I will build larger asim. And there I will gather all my grain and my produce.

20But Hashem said to him, Goilem! Halailah hazeh your nashamah is required of you. Now to whom will be given what you prepared? + 12:20 Jer 17:11; Job 27:8; Ps 39:6; 49:10

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly batim (houses) and dwelt therein;

Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a tzon, 1 and their yeladim jump about. 1

Psalms 49:5I will incline mine ear to a mashal; 1 I will disclose my dark saying upon the kinnor (harp). 1

Psalms 52:5Thou lovest rah more than tov; 1 and sheker rather than to speak tzedek. 1 Selah 1

Proverbs 14:24The ateret chachamim is their riches, 1 but the foolishness of kesilim is folly. 1

Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eynayim fly after that which is not? 1 For such [wealth] certainly sprouts kenafayim (wings); 1 they fly away as a nesher (eagle) toward Shomayim. 1

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:14-22

Worldly-mindedness Exposed. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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