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’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell. Yes, he’s the one to fear. 6“What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins ? Yet God does not forget a single one of them. 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. 8“I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels. 9But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God’s angels.

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 14:45But the people broke in and said to Saul, “Jonathan has won this great victory for Israel. Should he die? Far from it! As surely as the Lord lives, not one hair on his head will be touched, for God helped him do a great deed today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.
• 2 Samuel 14:11Then she said, “Please swear to me by the Lord your God that you won’t let anyone take vengeance against my son. I want no more bloodshed.” “As surely as the Lord lives,” he replied, “not a hair on your son’s head will be disturbed!”
• Matthew 10:30And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.
• Acts 27:34“Please eat something now for your own good. For not a hair of your heads will perish.”
• Job 35:11Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?’
• Psalms 8:6You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—
• Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom; I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
• Matthew 6:26Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
• Matthew 10:31So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock 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