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NASB					Matt 6:27 "And who⁵¹⁰¹ of you by being ^Aworried³³⁰⁹ can¹⁴¹⁰ ^Badd⁴³⁶⁹ a single ¹hour⁴⁰⁸³ to his ²life²²⁴⁴?
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 6:27 "And who of you by worrying can add one ¹hour to [the length of] his life? [Ps 39:5-7]

NASB Translator's Notes:
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Lit cubit (approx 18 in.)

Or height

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Lit cubit, here probably applied metaphorically to a lifespan.

NASB Cross References:
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Matt 6:25 ¶ "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Ps 39:5 "Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

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Greek Heb.

1410

dunamai; a prim. vb.; to be able, to have power:--able(50), am able(2), can(60), cannot(1), cannot*(59), could(24), may(1), might(3), power...has(1), unable*(7).

2244

hêlikia; from hêlix (of the same age, mature); maturity, i.e. age:--age(2), life(2), life's span(1), stature(3).

3309

merimnaô; from 3308; to be anxious, to care for:--anxious(1), care(1), concerned(5), have...care(1), worried(4), worry(6), worrying(1).

4083

pêchus; a prim. word; the forearm, i.e. a cubit:--hour(2), yards(2).

4369

prostithêmi; from 4314 and 5087; to put to, add:--add(2), added(6), adding(1), brought(1), further be spoken(1), increase(1), laid(1), more will be given...besides(1), proceeded(3), went(1).

5101

tis; an interrog. pron. related to 5100; who? which? what?:--anything(1), how(7), how*(2), person(1), something(3), suppose one(2), what(266), what each(1), what*(5), which(24), which one(3), who(128), whom(16), whose(6), why(70), why*(33).

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