Luke 16:3
<< Luke 16:3 >>
New International Version (©1984)
"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg--

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

International Standard Version (©2008)
"Then the servant manager said to himself, 'What should I do? My master is taking my position away from me. I'm not strong enough to plow, and I'm ashamed to beg.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"The manager thought, 'What should I do? My master is taking my job away from me. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg.

King James Bible
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

American King James Version
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

American Standard Version
And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

Bible in Basic English
And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed.

Darby Bible Translation
And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

English Revised Version
And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Weymouth New Testament
"Then the steward said within himself, "'What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.

World English Bible
"The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

Young's Literal Translation
'And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --

Geneva Study Bible

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

People's New Testament

16:3 I cannot dig. He was not accustomed to, or willing to come to, hard labor.

To beg I am ashamed. He ought to have been more ashamed to prove faithless to his trust.

Wesley's Notes

16:3 To beg I am ashamed - But not ashamed to cheat! This was likewise a sense of honour! By men called honour, but by angels pride.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3. cannot dig . to beg, ashamed-therefore, when dismissed, shall be in utter want.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:1-12 Whatever we have, the property of it is God's; we have only the use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his honour. This steward wasted his lord's goods. And we are all liable to the same charge; we have not made due improvement of what God has trusted us with. The steward cannot deny it; he must make up his accounts, and be gone. This may teach us that death will come, and deprive us of the opportunities we now have. The steward will make friends of his lord's debtors or tenants, by striking off a considerable part of their debt to his lord. The lord referred to in this parable commended not the fraud, but the policy of the steward. In that respect alone is it so noticed. Worldly men, in the choice of their object, are foolish; but in their activity, and perseverance, they are often wiser than believers. The unjust steward is not set before us as an example in cheating his master, or to justify any dishonesty, but to point out the careful ways of worldly men. It would be well if the children of light would learn wisdom from the men of the world, and would as earnestly pursue their better object. The true riches signify spiritual blessings; and if a man spends upon himself, or hoards up what God has trusted to him, as to outward things, what evidence can he have, that he is an heir of God through Christ? The riches of this world are deceitful and uncertain. Let us be convinced that those are truly rich, and very rich, who are rich in faith, and rich toward God, rich in Christ, in the promises; let us then lay up our treasure in heaven, and expect our portion from thence.


Luke 16:2 "And he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
Luke 16:4 'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.' (NASB ©1995)

Ashamed Beg Dig Enough Field Fields Job Labour Management Manager Master Money Position Requests Servant Shamed Steward Stewardship Streets Strength Strong What Within Working

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

said. 18:4 Es 6:6

What. 12:17 Isa 10:3 Jer 5:31 Ho 9:5 Ac 9:6

I cannot. Pr 13:4 15:19 18:9 19:15 21:25,26 24:30-34 26:13-16 27:23-27 Pr 29:21 2Th 3:11

to beg. 20,22 Pr 20:4 Mr 10:46 Joh 9:8 Ac 3:2

Bible Gateway: Luke Chapter 16 Verse 3 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

Alphabetical: am and ashamed away beg dig do enough from himself I I'm is job management manager master me My not now said shall since strong taking The to What

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright ;© 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

NT Gospels: Luke 16:3 The manager said within himself 'What will (Luke Lu Lk) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Luke 16:3 Bible Software
Luke 16:3 Biblia Paralela
Luke 16:3 Chinese Bible
Luke 16:3 French Bible
Luke 16:3 German Bible
Luke 16:3 Danish Bible
Luke 16:3 Swedish Bible
Luke 16:3 Norwegian Bible
Luke 16:3 Multilingual Bible

Online Bible