Luke 12:7

Luke 12:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
• New International Version (NIV)Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.

Context of Luke 12:7

5But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! 6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. 8"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God, 9but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Luke 12:7 word by word

ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ τρίχες τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν πᾶσαι ἠρίθμηνται. μὴ φοβεῖσθε· πολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• theθρίξthrix trichos · hairG2359
• ofκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• areἀριθμέωarithmeō · to numberG705
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• Fearφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
• notμήmē · notG3361
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• ye are of more valueδιαφέρωdiapherō · to spread/surpassG1308
• thanστρουθίονstrouthion · sparrowG4765
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183

Cross-references for Luke 12:7

• Luke 21:18But not a hair of your head will perish.
• 1 Samuel 14:45Then the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.
• 2 Samuel 14:11Then she said, "Please let the king invoke the Lord your God, that the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed." He said, "As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."
• Matthew 10:30But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
• Acts 27:34Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."
• Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'
• Psalms 8:6You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,
• Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
• Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
• Matthew 10:31Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Commentaries on Luke 12:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Fear not therefore - Want of faith in the providence and goodness of God is the source of all human inquietudes and fears. He has undertaken to save and defend those to the uttermost who trust in him. His wisdom cannot be surprised, his power cannot be forced, his love cannot forget itself. Man distrusts God, and fears that he is forgotten by him, because he judges of God by himself; and he knows that he is apt to forget his Maker, and be unfaithful to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2-9Verses 2-9 Nothing covered - See the notes at Matthew 10:26-32. Luke 12:3 Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops - See the notes at Matthew 10:27. The custom of making proclamation from the tops or roofs of houses still prevails in the East. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 51,52) says: “At the present day, local governors in country districts cause their commands thus to be published. Their proclamations are generally made in the evening…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. five ... for two farthings--In Mt 10:29 it is "two for one farthing"; so if one took two farthings' worth, he got one in addition--of such small value were they. than many sparrows--not "than millions of sparrows"; the charm and power of our Lord's teaching is very much in this simplicity.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 12:7

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Ask
• Beat
• Divide
• Divider
• Forewarn
• Hell
• Hypocrisy
• Teach
• Visit
• Watch

Commentaries on Luke 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings