KJV King James Version
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 12:3
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
Surrounding context — Luke 12
1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀνθ᾽G473 · antiforὧνG3739 · hos, hēwhichὅσαG3745 · hososjust as/how muchἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoσκοτίᾳG4653 · skotiadarknessεἴπατεG2036 · eiponto sayἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoφωτὶG5457 · phōslightἀκουσθήσεται,G191 · akouōto hearκαὶG2532 · kaiandὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὖςG3775 · ousearἐλαλήσατεG2980 · laleōto speakἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoταμείοιςG5009 · tameioninner roomκηρυχθήσεταιG2784 · kērussōto preachἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoδωμάτων.¶G1430 · dōmahousetop
Cross-references
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops.Ecclesiastes 10:20Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.Ecclesiastes 10:12-13The words of a wise man’s mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.Jude 1:14-15And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,Job 24:14-15The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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