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Luke 12:25

And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

KJV

τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν;

Greek NT

Quis autem vestrum cogitando potest adjicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum ?

Vulgate

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

ASV

And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
μεριμνάω
merimnao
verb · 19×
προστίθημι
prostithemi
verb · 18×
πῆχυς
pechus
noun · 4×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἡλικία
elikia
noun · 8×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ προσθεῖναι | WH/NIV: ἐπὶ … αὐτοῦ προσθεῖναι | Treg/RP: προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ … αὐτοῦ
  • ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ προσθεῖναιSBLGNT
  • ἐπὶ … αὐτοῦ προσθεῖναιWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ … αὐτοῦTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πῆχυν | WH/NA: πῆχυν | Treg/NIV/RP: + ἕνα
  • πῆχυνSBLGNT
  • πῆχυνWestcott-Hort, Nestle-Aland 27
  • + ἕναTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Matt 5:36 — Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
  • Matt 5:36 — Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
  • Matt 6:27 — Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
  • Matt 6:27 — Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?