Fear God Alone
Matthew 10:31
In 9 translations
- BSB
- So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- KJV
- Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
- WEB
- Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
- ASV
- Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
- LSV
- therefore, do not be afraid, you are better than many sparrows.
- YLT
- be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.
- DBY
- Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows.
- DRC
- Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
- GNV
- Feare ye not therefore, yee are of more value then many sparowes.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read φοβεῖσθε (“do fear”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read φοβηθῆτε (“do fear”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: φοβεῖσθε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read φοβεῖσθε; Robinson–Pierpont read φοβηθῆτε.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- μὴ οὖν φοβεῖσθε· πολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε ὑμεῖς.
- RP2018
- Μὴ οὖν φοβηθῆτε· πολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε ὑμεῖς.
- TR-Boyd
- Μὴ οὖν φοβηθῆτε· πολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε ὑμεῖς.
- SCR1894
- μη ουν φοβηθητε πολλων στρουθιων διαφερετε υμεις
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
- Psalms 8:5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
- Matthew 6:26Look 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?
- 1 Corinthians 9:9–10For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned? Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us,…
- Matthew 12:11–12He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
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