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Myles Coverdale Bible

Luke 12:6

Are not fyue sparowes bought for two farthinges? Yet is not one of them forgotten before God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Animals;   Birds;   Farthing;   Jesus, the Christ;   Minister, Christian;   Sparrow;   Thompson Chain Reference - Birds;   Farthing;   Sparrows;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Money;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Farthing;   Sparrow;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Leaven;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Farthing;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Sparrow;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Farthing;   Money;   Sparrow;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Food;   Life;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Money;   Sparrow;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Animals;   Character;   God;   Hypocrisy;   Mental Characteristics;   Money (2);   Numbers (2);   Oppression;   Physical ;   Questions and Answers;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sparrow,;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Farthing;   Sparrow;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Money;   Sparrow;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Farthing;   Food;   Forget;   Fowl;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Sparrow;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Birds;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies?
King James Version (1611)
Are not fiue sparrowes solde for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
King James Version
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
English Standard Version
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
New American Standard Bible
"Are five sparrows not sold for two assaria? And yet not one of them has gone unnoticed in the sight of God.
New Century Version
"Five sparrows are sold for only two pennies, and God does not forget any of them.
Amplified Bible
"Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has [ever] been forgotten in the presence of God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
Legacy Standard Bible
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
Berean Standard Bible
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
Contemporary English Version
Five sparrows are sold for just two pennies, but God doesn't forget a one of them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Aren't sparrows sold for next to nothing, five for two assarions? And not one of them has been forgotten by God.
Darby Translation
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
Easy-to-Read Version
"When birds are sold, five small birds cost only two pennies. But God does not forget any of them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Are not fiue sparowes bought for two farthings, and yet not one of them is forgotten before God?
George Lamsa Translation
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And yet not one of them is lost before God.
Good News Translation
"Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one sparrow is forgotten by God.
Lexham English Bible
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
Literal Translation
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And not one of them has been forgotten before God.
American Standard Version
Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
Bible in Basic English
Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.
Hebrew Names Version
"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
International Standard Version
"Five sparrows are sold for two pennies, aren't they? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.
Etheridge Translation
Are not five sparrows sold for two asorin; [fn] and one of them is not forgotten before Aloha.
Murdock Translation
Are not five sparrows sold for two assarii? and not one of them is forgotten before God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Are not fyue sparrowes bought for two farthynges? and not one of them is forgotten before God.
English Revised Version
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
World English Bible
Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
Weymouth's New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? and yet not one of them is a thing forgotten in God's sight.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether fyue sparowis ben not seld for twei halpens; and oon of hem is not in foryetyng bifor God?
Update Bible Version
Are not five sparrows sold for $20? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
Webster's Bible Translation
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
New English Translation
Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
New King James Version
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? [fn] And not one of them is forgotten before God.
New Living Translation
"What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins? Yet God does not forget a single one of them.
New Life Bible
"Are not five small birds sold for two small pieces of money? God does not forget even one of the birds.
New Revised Standard
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Are not, five sparrows, sold for two farthings? and, not one from among them, hath been forgotten before God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Revised Standard Version
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Are not five sparowes bought for two farthinges? And yet not one of them is forgotten of God.
Young's Literal Translation
`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,
Mace New Testament (1729)
are not five sparrows sold for two pence? however the divine providence extends to each of them.
THE MESSAGE
"What's the price of two or three pet canaries? Some loose change, right? But God never overlooks a single one. And he pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—even numbering the hairs on your head! So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"But before you start thinking the Boss is against you, consider this, what do a few birds cost—two cents at the most? But God doesn't even forget about these little birds.

Contextual Overview

1 There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, in so moch that they trode one another: Then beganne he, and sayde first vnto his disciples: Bewarre of the leuen of the Pharises, which is ypocrisye. 2 But there is nothinge hyd, that shal not be discouered: nether secrete, that shal not be knowne. 3 Therfore whatsoeuer ye haue spoke in darknesse, that same shal be herde in light: and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chabers, shalbe preached vpon the house toppes. 4 But I saye vnto you my frendes: Be not afrayed of them that kyll the body, and after that haue nomore that they can do. 5 But I wil shewe you, whom ye shal feare. Feare him, which after he hath kylled, hath power also to cast in to hell: Yee I saye vnto you: Feare him. 6 Are not fyue sparowes bought for two farthinges? Yet is not one of them forgotten before God. 7 The very hayres of youre heade also are nombred euery one. Feare not therfore, for ye are better then many sparowes. 8 I saye vnto you: Who so euer knowlegeth me before men, him shal the sonne of ma also knowlege before the angels of God: 9 But he that denyeth me before men, shalbe denyed before the angels of God. 10 And who so euer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man, it shalbe forgeuen him: But who so blasphemeth the holy goost, it shal not be forgeuen him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

five: Matthew 10:29

and: Luke 12:24, Luke 12:27, Psalms 50:10, Psalms 50:11, Psalms 113:5, Psalms 113:6, Psalms 145:15, Psalms 145:16, Psalms 147:9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 22:6 - young ones Matthew 6:26 - the fowls Mark 11:13 - haply

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
Canaa also begat Zidon his eldest sonne, & Heth,
Genesis 12:18
Then Pharao called Abra vnto him, and sayde: Why hast thou dealt thus wt me? Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first, yt she was thy wife?
Genesis 12:19
Why saydest thou then, that she was yi sister? Wherfore I toke her to my wife. And now lo, there is yi wife, take her, and go thy waye.
Genesis 13:7
And there fell a strife betwene the hirdmen of Abrams catell, and the hirdmen of Lots catell. The Cananites also and the Pheresites dwelt at that tyme in the londe.
Genesis 33:18
Afterwarde came Iacob peaceably vnto the cite of Sichem, which lyeth in ye lande of Canaan, after that he was come agayne out of Mesopotamia, and pitched before the cite,
Genesis 34:2
Whan Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Heuite (which was lorde of the lode) sawe her, he toke her, and laye with her, and forced her,
Genesis 35:4
Then gaue they him all the straunge goddes that were vnder their handes, and their earynges, and he buried them vnder an Oke that stode besyde Sichem,
Deuteronomy 11:30
which are beyonde Iordane the waye towarde the goinge downe of the Sonne, in the lode of the Cananites, which dwell in ye playne felde ouer agaynst Gilgal, besyde the Oke groue of More.
Joshua 20:7
Then appoynted they Kedes in Galile vpon mount Nepthali, and Sechem vpon mount Ephraim, and Kiriatharba, that is Hebron vpon mout Iuda.
Joshua 24:32
The bones of Ioseph, which the children of Israel had broughte out of Egipte, buried they at Sichem, in the pece of the londe, yt Iacob boughte of the children of Hemor ye father of Sichem for an hundreth pens, and was the enheritaunce of the children of Ioseph.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings,.... As two were sold for one farthing, :-; so in buying and selling, where more money is laid out, things are bought cheaper; the Persic version reads, "for two barley corns":

and not one of them is forgotten before God; a single sparrow, a bird of little value and worth, is taken notice and care of by him; it has its life from him, and is provided for with food by him, and is under his protection; nor does he ever forget it, nor can any thing be done to it, without his permission; it cannot be struck, so as to cause it to fall on the ground, or be taken in a snare, or be killed in any shape, without the knowledge of God: his providence reaches to the minutest creatures and things, and much more then to rational creatures, to men; and still more to his dear children, ministers, and apostles.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nothing covered - See the notes at Matthew 10:26-32.

Luke 12:3

Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops - See the notes at Matthew 10:27. The custom of making proclamation from the tops or roofs of houses still prevails in the East. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 51, 52) says: “At the present day, local governors in country districts cause their commands thus to be published. Their proclamations are generally made in the evening, after the people have returned from their labors in the field. The public crier ascends the highest roof at hand, and lifts up his voice in a long-drawn call upon all faithful subjects to give ear and obey. He then proceeds to announce, in a set form, the will of their master, and demand obedience thereto.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 12:6. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? — See this explained on Matthew 10:29, from which place we learn that two sparrows were sold for one farthing, and here; that five were sold for two farthings: thus we find a certain proportion-for one farthing you could get but two, while for two farthings you could get five.


 
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