Luke 12:7
New International Version
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

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.

Berean Literal Bible
But even the hairs of your head all have been numbered. Fear not; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

King James Bible
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

New King James Version
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

New American Standard Bible
But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not fear; you are more valuable than a great number of sparrows.

NASB 1995
“Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

NASB 1977
“Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Legacy Standard Bible
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

Amplified Bible
Indeed the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are far more valuable than many sparrows.

Christian Standard Bible
Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!

American Standard Version
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“But every hair of the hairs of your heads is numbered, therefore you shall not be afraid, because you are better than a multitude of sparrows.”

Contemporary English Version
Even the hairs on your head are counted. So don't be afraid! You are worth much more than many sparrows.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

English Revised Version
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Even every hair on your head has been counted. Don't be afraid! You are worth more than many sparrows.

Good News Translation
Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!

International Standard Version
Why, even all the hairs on your head have been counted! Stop being afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows."

Literal Standard Version
but even the hairs of your head have all been numbered; therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.

Majority 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.

New American Bible
Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.

NET Bible
In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

New Revised Standard Version
But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

New Heart English Bible
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

Webster's Bible Translation
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Weymouth New Testament
But the very hairs on your heads are all counted. Away with fear: you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.'

World English Bible
But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

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.

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Context
Fear God Alone
6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. 8I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.…

Cross References
Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns--and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Matthew 10:30
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Luke 21:18
Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.


Treasury of Scripture

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

even.

Luke 21:18
But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

1 Samuel 14:45
And 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.

2 Samuel 14:11
Then 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.

ye are.

Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Psalm 8:6
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

Isaiah 43:3,4
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee…

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Luke 12
1. Jesus preaches to his apostles to avoid hypocrisy
13. and warns against covetousness, by the parable of the man who set up greater barns.
22. We must not worry about earthly things,
31. but seek the kingdom of God;
33. give alms;
35. be ready at a knock to open to our Lord whensoever he comes.
41. Jesus' disciples are to see to their charges,
49. and look for persecution.
54. The people must take this time of grace;
57. because it is a fearful thing to die without reconciliation.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[And even]
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

the
αἱ (hai)
Article - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

very
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

hairs
τρίχες (triches)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 2359: Hair (of the head or of animals). Genitive case trichos, etc. of uncertain derivation; hair.

of
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

head
κεφαλῆς (kephalēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2776: From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.

are all numbered.
ἠρίθμηνται (ērithmēntai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 705: To number, count. From arithmos; to enumerate or count.

[So] do not be afraid;
φοβεῖσθε (phobeisthe)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 5399: From phobos; to frighten, i.e. to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. Revere.

you are worth more
διαφέρετε (diapherete)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1308: From dia and phero; to bear through, i.e. transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. to toss about; subjectively, to 'differ', or surpass.

than many
πολλῶν (pollōn)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

sparrows.
στρουθίων (strouthiōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 4765: A small bird, sparrow. Diminutive of strouthos; a little sparrow.


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