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Source language
Original Greek   
οὕτως ὁ θησαυρίζων ⸀ἑαυτῷ καὶ μὴ εἰς θεὸν πλουτῶν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
outos o thesaurizon reauto kai me eis theon plouton.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
sic est qui sibi thesaurizat et non est in Deum dives

King James Variants
American King James Version   
So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Authorized (King James) Version   
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
New King James Version   
“So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
21st Century King James Version   
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“Thus is whoever lays down a treasure for himself and is not rich in God.”
Darby Bible Translation   
Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
God's Word   
That's how it is when a person has material riches but is not rich in his relationship with God."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
"That's how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."
International Standard Version   
That's how it is with the person who stores up treasures for himself rather than with God."
NET Bible   
So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."
New American Standard Bible   
"So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
New International Version   
"This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God."
New Living Translation   
"Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God."
Webster's Bible Translation   
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
Weymouth New Testament   
"So is it with him who amasses treasure for himself, but has no riches in God."
The World English Bible   
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then Jesus said, ‘Some people think only about having many things for themselves. This story shows how those people live. But God says about them, “They have nothing of value at all.” ’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
so [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'
New Life Version   
It is the same with a man who puts away riches for himself and does not have the riches of God.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
“So is the one who gathers riches for himself and is not rich toward God.”
The Voice Bible   
This is how it will be for people who accumulate huge assets for themselves but have no assets in relation to God.
Living Bible   
“Yes, every man is a fool who gets rich on earth but not in heaven.”
New Catholic Bible   
That is how it will be for the one who stores up treasure for himself yet fails to become rich in the sight of God.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
So is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
So is he that lays up treasure for himself and is not rich in God.
Christian Standard Bible   
“That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
So it is with the one who continues to lay up and hoard possessions for himself and is not rich [in his relation] to God [this is how he fares].
New Century Version   
“This is how it will be for those who store up things for themselves and are not rich toward God.”
The Message   
“That’s what happens when you fill your barn with Self and not with God.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
“That is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
So it is with the one who stores up treasures for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”
New Matthew Bible   
This is how it is with him who gathers riches, but is not rich in God.
Good News Translation®   
And Jesus concluded, “This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God's sight.”
Wycliffe Bible   
So is he that treasureth to himself, and is not rich in God.
New Testament for Everyone   
That’s how it is with someone who stores up things for himself and isn’t rich before God.
Contemporary English Version   
“This is what happens to people who store up everything for themselves, but are poor in the sight of God.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then he gave them a parable in these words, “Once upon a time a rich man’s farmland produced heavy crops. So he said to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have no room to store this harvest of mine?’ Then he said, ‘I know what I’ll do. I’ll pull down my barns and build bigger ones where I can store all my grain and my goods and I can say to my soul, Soul, you have plenty of good things stored up there for years to come. Relax! Eat, drink and have a good time!’ But God said to him, ‘You fool, this very night you will be asked for your soul! Then, who is going to possess all that you have prepared?’ That is what happens to the man who hoards things for himself and is not rich where God is concerned.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
This is the way it will be for those who hoard things for themselves and aren’t rich toward God.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
So it is for the one who continues to store up and hoard possessions for himself, and is not rich [in his relationship] toward God.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich towards God.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God.”
New American Standard Bible   
Such is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich in relation to God.”
The Expanded Bible   
“This is how it will be for those who store up ·things [wealth; treasure] for themselves and are not rich ·toward [or in what matters to; or in their relationship with] God.”
Tree of Life Version   
So it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich in God.”
Revised Standard Version   
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
New International Reader's Version   
“That is how it will be for whoever stores things away for themselves but is not rich in the sight of God.”
BRG Bible   
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Complete Jewish Bible   
That’s how it is with anyone who stores up wealth for himself without being rich toward God.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
So anyone who keeps things for himself is not rich in the way God wants him to be rich.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Such is the one hoarding up for himself and not having osher toward Hashem.
Names of God Bible   
That’s how it is when a person has material riches but is not rich in his relationship with God.”
Modern English Version   
“So is he who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
“This is how it will be for anyone who saves things only for himself. To God that person is not rich.”
International Children’s Bible   
“This is how it will be for anyone who stores things up only for himself and is not rich toward God.”
Lexham English Bible   
So is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and who is not rich toward God!”
New International Version - UK   
‘This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich towards God.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
So is the one storing-up for himself, and not being rich toward God”.