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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value 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.

Context of Luke 12:7

5I’ll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the power to throw you into hell after killing you. I’m warning you to be afraid of him. 6“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two cents? God doesn’t forget any of them. Even every hair on your head has been counted. Don’t be afraid! You are worth more than many sparrows. 8I can guarantee that the Son of Man will acknowledge in front of God’s angels every person who acknowledges him in front of others. 9But God’s angels will be told that I don’t know those people who tell others that they don’t know me.

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 on your head will be lost.
• 1 Samuel 14:45The troops asked Saul, “Should Jonathan die after he has won this great victory in Israel? That would be unthinkable! We solemnly swear, as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground, because he has done this with God’s help today.” So the troops rescued Jonathan from death.
• 2 Samuel 14:11She said, “Your Majesty, please pray to the Lord your God in order to keep an avenger from doing more harm by destroying my son.” “I solemnly swear, as the Lord lives,” he said, “not a hair on your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
• Matthew 10:30Every hair on your head has been counted.
• Acts 27:34So I’m encouraging you to eat something. Eating will help you survive, since not a hair from anyone’s head will be lost.”
• Job 35:11who teaches us more than he teaches the animals of the earth, who makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’
• Psalms 8:6You have made him rule what your hands created. You have put everything under his control:
• Isaiah 43:3I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Egypt is the ransom I exchanged for you. Sudan and Seba are the price I paid for you.
• Matthew 6:26“Look at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or gather the harvest into barns. Yet, your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?
• Matthew 10:31Don’t be afraid! You are worth more 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

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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