Matthew 6:27
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature?
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- Luke 12:25–26Rank 1 from verse 27
25And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
25And which of you with taking thought can adde to his stature one cubite?
26If yee then bee not able to doe that thing which is least, why take yee thought for the rest?
- Ecclesiastes 3:14Rank 2 from verse 27
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
14I know that whatsoeuer God doeth, it shalbe for euer: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doth it, that men should feare before him.
- Psalms 39:5–6Rank 3 from verse 27
5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
5†*Behold, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily euery man at his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.
6†Surely euery man walketh in a vaine shew: surely they are disquieted in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
- Matthew 5:36Rank 4 from verse 27
- 1 Corinthians 12:18Rank 5 from verse 27
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Matthew 6:27
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of take, meaning to receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of think: considered, supposed, intended, purposed, judged, reckoned, or called to mind. Sense 2: A thought, intention, purpose, judgment, or matter of the mind or heart. Sense 3: In the phrase ‘take thought,’ anxious care or concern.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
To join or put with something else; to increase by bringing or giving more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The natural height or size of a person or body. Sense 2: Maturity or standing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828
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26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
26Behold the foules of the aire: for they sow not, neither do they reape, nor gather into barnes, yet your heauenly father feedeth them. Are yee not much better then they?
27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
27Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature?
Selected passage28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lillies of the field, how they grow: they toile not, neither doe they spinne.