Matthew 6:27 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature?
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?
LSV Literal Standard Version
And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Which of you by anxious care can add one cubit to his stature?
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Which of you by taking care is able to adde one cubite vnto his stature?
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Which one of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his lifespan?
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
Which of you (though he toke thought therfore) coulde put one cubit vnto his stature?
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
FBV Free Bible Version
Who of you by worrying can add a minute to your life?
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
¿Y quien de vosotros discurriendo puede añadir un codo á su estatura?
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Mas ¿quién de vosotros podrá, congojándose, añadir á su estatura un codo?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Además, ¿qué gana uno con preocuparse?; ¿podemos acaso alargar nuestra vida aunque sea una hora?
Read in context · Biblica® Open Nueva Biblia Viva™ Copyright © 2006, 2008 by Biblica, Inc. “Biblica” es una marca registrada en la oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos por Biblica, Inc. Usado con permiso. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spaonbv/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
¿Quién de ustedes puede, aunque se afane, añadir a su estatura unos centímetros?
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
¿Quién de ustedes puede, por mucho que se afane, añadir un minuto a su vida?
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
¿Y quién de ustedes, por mucho que se preocupe, puede añadir una sola hora a su vida?
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα;
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
τις δε εξ υμων μεριμνων δυναται προσθειναι επι την ηλικιαν αυτου πηχυν ενα;
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
τισ δε εξ υμων μεριμνων δυναται προσθειναι επι την ηλικιαν αυτου πηχυν ενα
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα;
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα;
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Quis autem vestrum cogitans potest adjicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Кто́ же ѿ ва́съ пекі́йсѧ мо́жетъ приложи́ти во́зрастꙋ своемꙋ̀ ла́коть є҆ди́нъ;
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Да и кто из вас, заботясь, может прибавить себе росту хотя на один локоть?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Αλλά τις από σας μεριμνών δύναται να προσθέση μίαν πήχην εις το ανάστημα αυτού;
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А ко од вас бринући се може примакнути расту свом лакат један?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A ko od vas brinući se može primaknuti rastu svom lakat jedan?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَمَنْ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا ٱهْتَمَّ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَزِيدَ عَلَى قَامَتِهِ ذِرَاعًا وَاحِدَةً؟
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC