sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

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From Matthew 6:34 in the King James Version of the Bible (spelling modernized): “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” The phrase is a translation of Ancient Greek ἀρκετὸν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἡ κακία αὐτῆς (arketòn tēî hēmérāi hē kakía autês), and there is a parallel rabbinical expression in the Babylonian Talmud, דיה לצרה בשעתה (“the suffering of the (present) hour is enough for it”).

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: يَكْفِي الْيَوْمَ شَرُّهُ (yakfī l-yawma šarruhu) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Chinese Mandarin: 一天的難處一天當就夠了 /一天的难处一天当就够了 (yī tiān de nánchu yī tiān dāng jiù gòu le) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Dutch: elke dag heeft genoeg aan zijn eigen kwaad — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Esperanto: sufiĉa por la tago estas ĝia propra malbono — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• French: à chaque jour suffit sa peine — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Hebrew: דיה לצרה בשעתה (dayá l'tsará besheatá) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Italian: basta a ciascun giorno il suo affanno — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Japanese: 明日は明日の風が吹く (ashita-wa-ashita-no-kaze-ga-fuku) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Japanese: 一日の労苦は一日にて足れり。 (ichinichi-no-rōku-wa-ichinichi-nite-tareri) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Latin: sufficit diei malitia sua — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Mon: ဍိုက်ပေၚ်တ္ၚဲဂှ်သွက်မယုတ်မာညးတံ (ḍiukpeṅtṅoaghswakmayutmāñaḥtaṃ) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Old Church Slavonic: довлѣетъ дневи ѕлоба егѡ (dovlějetŭ dnevi dzloba ego) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Polish: dosyć ma dzień swojej biedy — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Portuguese: basta a cada dia o seu mal — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Russian: довле́ет дне́ви зло́ба его́ (dovléjet dnévi zlóba jevó) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Russian: дово́льно для ка́ждого дня свое́й забо́ты (dovólʹno dlja káždovo dnja svojéj zabóty) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Spanish: basta a cada día su propio mal — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Spanish: cada día trae su afán — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Swedish: var dag har nog av sin egen plåga — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about
• Ukrainian: кожний день має досить своєї турботи (kožnyj denʹ maje dosytʹ svojeji turboty) — there is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about