Luke 16:3

Then the manager thought to himself, ‘My master is going to fire me, so ◄I do not know what to do./what shall I do [RHQ]?► I am not strong enough to work by digging ditches, and I am ashamed to beg for money.’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

In Context

2So he summoned his manager and said to him, ‘◄It is terrible what they are saying about you (sg)!/Is it true what they are saying about you (sg) [RHQ]?► Give me a written account of the funds you have been managing, because you can no longer be my household manager!’

4Suddenly he had an idea. ‘I know what I will do, so that people will take me into their houses and provide for me after I am dismissed {after my master dismisses me} from my work!’

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:4People who are lazy want things very much, but they will not get anything [HYP]. People who work hard will get all that they want.

Proverbs 18:9People who are lazy while they work are just as bad as [IDM] those who destroy things.

Proverbs 20:4If a lazy man does not plow his fields at the right/proper time, he will look for crops at harvest time, but there will be nothing there.

Proverbs 24:30One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.

Proverbs 27:23Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,

Isaiah 10:3When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, ◄to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.► [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly not be safe [RHQ] anywhere.

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:2-19

The Unjust Steward. 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of… Read the whole commentary →

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