KJV King James Version
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 10:19
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
WEB World English Bible
But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
ASV American Standard Version
But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;
Surrounding context — Matthew 10
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death.
22 And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
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ὅτανG3752 · hotanwhen(-ever)δὲG1161 · dethenπαραδῶσινG3860 · paradidōmito deliverὑμᾶς,G4771 · suyouμὴG3361 · mēnotμεριμνήσητεG3309 · merimnaōto worryπῶςG4459 · pōshow?!ἢG2228 · ēorτίG5101 · tiswhich?λαλήσητε·G2980 · laleōto speakδοθήσεταιG1325 · didōmito giveγὰρG1063 · garforὑμῖνG4771 · suyouἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongἐκείνῃG1565 · ekeinosthatτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoὥρᾳG5610 · hōrahourτίG5101 · tiswhich?λαλήσητε·G2980 · laleōto speak
Cross-references
Exodus 4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.Mark 13:11-13But when they shall lead [you], and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.Luke 21:12-17But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute [you], delivering [you] up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.Luke 12:11And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and [unto] magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:Exodus 4:15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.Jeremiah 1:9Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.Daniel 3:16-18Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter.James 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.Acts 6:10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?Matthew 6:31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?Jeremiah 1:7But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.Acts 26:2-11I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:Acts 4:8-14Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,Matthew 6:34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.Acts 5:29-33Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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