Matthew 6:27

27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a] ?

Matthew 6:27 in Other Translations

KJV
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
ESV
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
NLT
27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
MSG
27 "Has anyone by fussing in front of the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch?
CSB
27 Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying?

Matthew 6:27 In-Context

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

Related Articles

Cross References 1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "single cubit to your height"
Scripture quoted by permission.  Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.  NIV®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica.  All rights reserved worldwide.