Matthew 6:29

29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

Matthew 6:29 in Other Translations

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.

29 but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them.

29 yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

29 But I say that not even Solomon in all his majesty was dressed like one of these flowers.

29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!

29 But here is what I tell you. Not even Solomon in all of his glory was dressed like one of those flowers.

Matthew 6:29 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 6:29

And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory,
&c.] This is a certain truth, to be affirmed in the strongest manner, and to be believed, that not only men and kings too in general; but even particularly Solomon, the richest and most magnificent of all the kings of Israel, whose grandeur, and glory, exceeded all the princes of the earth; that even he, not in his common dress, but when "in his glory", and in "all" his glory, when arrayed with his royal and richest robes, with his crown on his head, and when seated on his throne,

was not arrayed like one of these
lilies, or flowers of the field: for the glory and beauty of his garments were purely from art, but their's by nature; which can never be equalled by art. This phrase, "Solomon in all his glory", is the same which the Jewish doctors, in their writings, express by (wtevb hmlv) , "Solomon in his hour" ^F7: that is as their commentators explain it ^F8, (wtwklm teb) , "in the time of his reign"; for they say he was first a king, and then a private person. Now, not whilst he was a private person, but when a king, in the height of his grandeur and magnificence, and when dressed out in the most splendid manner, he was exceeded in array by a single lily: or the sense is, in his royal apparel. For as the same doctors say,

``what is a man's "glory?" It is his clothing that is his outward glory; and again, garments are the glory of a man ^F9.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 7. sect. 1. T. Bab. ib. fol. 49. 1. & 83. 1. & 86. 2.
F8 Jarchi & Bartenora in ib.
F9 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 95. 1. & 99. 4. & 110. 4.

Matthew 6:29 In-Context

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.

30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?

31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 10:4-7