Luke 12:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'

New Living Translation
He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’

English Standard Version
and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’

Berean Study Bible
So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

New American Standard Bible
And he began thinking to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

NASB 1995
"And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

NASB 1977
“And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

Amplified Bible
And he began thinking to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place [large enough in which] to store my crops?’

Christian Standard Bible
He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He thought to himself, What should I do, since I don't have anywhere to store my crops?

Contemporary English Version
and he said to himself, "What can I do? I don't have a place large enough to store everything."

Good News Translation
He began to think to himself, 'I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He thought, 'What should I do? I don't have enough room to store my crops.'

International Standard Version
So he began to think to himself, 'What should I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

NET Bible
so he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

New King James Version
And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’

King James 2000 Bible
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?

New Heart English Bible
He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I do not have room to store my crops?'

World English Bible
He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

American King James Version
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

American Standard Version
and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

A Faithful Version
And he was reasoning within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to lay up my fruit?'

Darby Bible Translation
And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.

English Revised Version
and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

Webster's Bible Translation
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to deposit my fruits?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Therefore he thought with himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roume, where I may lay vp my fruites?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and he thought in himself, and sayde: What shal I do? I haue nothinge wher in to gather my frutes.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and he thought in himsilfe sayinge: what shall I do? because I have noo roume where to bestowe my frutes?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What will I do, because I have nowhere I will gather together my fruits?

Berean Literal Bible
And he was reasoning within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere I will store up my fruits?'

Young's Literal Translation
and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

Smith's Literal Translation
And he calculated in himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not where I shall collect together my fruits?

Literal Emphasis Translation
And he was dialoguing within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I do not have a place where I will store up my fruits?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he thought within himself, saying: ‘What should I do? For I have nowhere to gather together my crops.’

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And he thought to himself and said, 'What shall I do, for there is no place for me to gather my crops?' “

Lamsa Bible
And he reasoned within himself and said, What shall I do, for I have no place to gather my crops?

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he reasoned within himself, saying: What shall I do? for I have no place in which I can store my fruits.

Godbey New Testament
and he was reasoning in himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no place where I shall store my fruits?

Haweis New Testament
and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not room where I may house my crops.

Mace New Testament
and thus he reason'd with himself, what shall I do for want of room to store up my crop?

Weymouth New Testament
and he debated within himself, saying, "'What am I to do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

Worrell New Testament
and he reasoned within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, because I have not where to store my fruits?'

Worsley New Testament
and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not room to lay up my corn.
















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