KJV King James Version
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 12:7
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
WEB World English Bible
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
ASV American Standard Version
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.
Surrounding context — Luke 12
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?
7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀλλὰG235 · allabutκαὶG2532 · kaiandαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoτρίχεςG2359 · thrixhairτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκεφαλῆςG2776 · kephalēheadὑμῶνG4771 · suyouπᾶσαιG3956 · pasallἠρίθμηνται.G705 · arithmeōto numberμὴG3361 · mēnotφοβεῖσθε·G5399 · phobeōto fearπολλῶνG4183 · polusmuchστρουθίωνG4765 · strouthionsparrowδιαφέρετε.¶G1308 · diapherōto spread/surpass
Cross-references
Matthew 10:30-31But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Matthew 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?Isaiah 43:3-4For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.2 Samuel 14:11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.Luke 21:18But there shall not an hair of your head perish.1 Samuel 14:45And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: [as] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.Acts 27:34Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.Psalm 8:6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:Matthew 12:12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.Job 35:11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
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