The woman said, “Please, use the name of the Lord your God and swear (promise) that you will stop those people. They want to punish my son for murdering his brother. Swear that you won’t let them destroy my son.”
Luke 12:7 - Easy To Read Version Yes, God even knows how many hairs you have on your head. Don’t be afraid. You are worth much more than many birds. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But [even] the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be struck with fear or seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many [flocks] of sparrows. American Standard Version (1901) But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Common English Bible Even the hairs on your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows. Catholic Public Domain Version But even the very hairs of your head have all been numbered. Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. |
The woman said, “Please, use the name of the Lord your God and swear (promise) that you will stop those people. They want to punish my son for murdering his brother. Swear that you won’t let them destroy my son.”
God makes us wiser\par than the birds and animals.\par \{So where is he?\}’\par
You put people in charge of\par everything you made.\par You put everything under their {\cf2\super [44]} control.\par
Surely a man is more important than a sheep. So the law \{of Moses\} allows people to do good things on the Sabbath day.”
Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or save food in barns. But your heavenly Father feeds those birds. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds.
Now I beg (ask) you to eat something. You need it to stay alive. None of you will lose even one hair off your heads.”
But the soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan led Israel to a great victory today. Must Jonathan die? Never! We swear (promise) by the living God that {no one will hurt Jonathan}—not one hair of Jonathan’s head will fall to the ground! God helped Jonathan fight against the Philistines today!” So the people saved Jonathan. He was not put to death.