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

5But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed someone, has the power to throw that person into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him! 6Are five sparrows not sold for two assaria? And yet not one of them has gone unnoticed in the sight of God. But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not fear; you are more valuable than a great number of sparrows. 8“Now I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before people, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God; 9but the one who denies Me before people 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

• But evenκαίkai · andG2532
• the hairsθρίξthrix trichos · hairG2359
• of your headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• are allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• countedἀριθμέωarithmeō · to numberG705
• Do not fearφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
• you are moreδιαφέρωdiapherō · to spread/surpassG1308
• than a greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• of sparrowsστρουθίονstrouthion · sparrowG4765

Cross-references for Luke 12:7

• Luke 21:18And yet not a hair of your head will perish.
• 1 Samuel 14:45But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die, he who has brought about this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, not even a hair of his head shall fall to the ground, because he has worked with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die.
• 2 Samuel 14:11Then she said, “May the king please remember the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, otherwise they will destroy my son.” And 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 counted.
• Acts 27:34Therefore, I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your survival, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish.”
• Job 35:11Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
• Psalms 8:6You have him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put everything under his feet,
• Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
• Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they?
• Matthew 10:31So do not fear; you are more valuable than a great number of 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