你们当中谁能因着忧虑使自己的寿命延长一刻呢？

你们哪一个能用思虑使寿数多加一刻呢？

你们哪一个能藉着忧虑使寿数多加一刻呢？

你们哪一个能藉着忧虑使寿数多加一刻呢？

你们谁能用忧虑使自己多活片刻呢？

你们中间谁能用忧虑使自己的寿命延长一刻呢？

你們哪一個能用思慮使壽數多加一刻呢？

你們哪一個能藉着憂慮使壽數多加一刻呢？

你們哪一個能藉着憂慮使壽數多加一刻呢？

你們誰能用憂慮使自己多活片刻呢？

你們中間誰能用憂慮使自己的壽命延長一刻呢？

你們中間誰能用掛慮使他的歲數多加一刻鐘呢？

你們當中誰能因著憂慮使自己的壽命延長一刻呢？

爾曹誰能以思慮延生一刻乎、

爾曹誰能以思慮延命一刻乎、

爾曹中孰能以思慮延命一刻乎、

且爾中孰能憑其思慮、而自延尺寸之壽命？

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

Can you add even one hour to your life by worrying?

And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

Can any of you add one moment to his life span by worrying?

And which of you by worrying can add a single day to his life’s span?

Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying?

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life?

“ Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

我知道：神所做的一切，都必永存，无可增添，无可减少；神这样做，是要人在他面前心存敬畏。

你们当中谁能因着忧虑使自己的寿命延长一刻呢？因此，你们如果连最小的事也不能做，为什么还要为其他的事忧虑呢？

看哪，你赐给我的年日屈指可数，我的一生在你面前如同无有；所有人站得最稳的时候，也都全然虚空！细拉人们往来行走，只是幻像；他们喧闹，也是虚空；他们积蓄，却不知道谁会收取。

也不可指着自己的头起誓，因为你不能使一根头发变白或变黑。

所以现在神照着自己的意愿，把各部分一一安置在身体上了。