Matthew 10:19

New Century Version

When you are arrested, don't worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given the things to say.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you are to speak.

King James Version (1611)
But when they deliuer you vp, take no thought, how or what ye shall speake, for it shall bee giuen you in that same houre what ye shall speake.

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.

English Standard Version
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.

New American Standard Bible
"But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you in that hour.

Amplified Bible
"But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you within that [very] hour;

Geneva Bible (1587)
But when they deliuer you vp, take no thought howe or what ye shall speake: for it shall be giuen you in that houre, what ye shall say.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

Legacy Standard Bible
But when they deliver you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given to you in that hour what you are to say.

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.

Contemporary English Version
But when someone arrests you, don't worry about what you will say or how you will say it. At that time you will be given the words to say.

Complete Jewish Bible
But when they bring you to trial, do not worry about what to say or how to say it; when the time comes, you will be given what you should say.

Darby Translation
But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

Easy-to-Read Version
When you are arrested, don't worry about what to say or how you should say it. At that time you will be given the words to say.

George Lamsa Translation
But when they deliver you up, do not worry as to how or what you will speak; for it will be given to you in that very hour what you are to speak.

Good News Translation
When they bring you to trial, do not worry about what you are going to say or how you will say it; when the time comes, you will be given what you will say.

Lexham English Bible
But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how to speak or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

Literal Translation
But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious how or what you should say, for it is given to you in that hour what you should say.

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.

Bible in Basic English
But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

Hebrew Names Version
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.

International Standard Version
When they hand you over, don't worry about how you are to speakyou are to speak">[fn] or what you are to say, for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you.Exodus 4:12; Jeremiah 1:7; Mark 13:11-13; Luke 12:11; 21:14-15;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But when they deliver you up, be not solicitous how or what you shall speak; for it is given you in that hour what you shall speak.

Murdock Translation
And when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what to say.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But whe they delyuer you vp, take ye no thought, how or what ye shal speake. For it shalbe geuen you, euen in that same houre, what ye shall speake.

English Revised 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.

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.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But when they deliver you, take no thought, how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that very hour what ye shall speak.

Weymouth's New Testament
But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time it shall be given you what to say;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But whanne thei take you, nyle ye thenke, hou or what thing ye schulen speke, for it shal be youun `to you in that our, what ye schulen speke;

Update Bible Version
But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what you shall speak.

Webster's Bible Translation
But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given to you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

New English Translation
Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

New King James Version
But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;

New Living Translation
When you are arrested, don't worry about how to respond or what to say. God will give you the right words at the right time.

New Life Bible
When you are put into their hands, do not worry what you will say or how you will say it. The words will be given you when the time comes.

New Revised Standard
When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, 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;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak:

Revised Standard Version
When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But when they delyver you vp take no thought how or what ye shall speake for yt shalbe geve you eve in that same houre what ye shall saye.

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;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But when they delyuer you vp, take no thought how or what ye shall speake, for yt shalbe geuen you, euen in that same houre, what ye shall saye.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but when they take you. into custody, be not sollicitous, how or what ye shall speak, for at the very instant you shall be inspir'd what to say.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Don't fret about what you're supposed to say when they arrest you though. When the time comes, I'll give you the words you'll need.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ "Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves. ¹⁷ Be careful of people, because they will arrest you and take you to court and whip you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ Because of me you will be taken to stand before governors and kings, and you will tell them and the non-Jewish people about me. ¹⁹ When you are arrested, don't worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given the things to say. ²⁰ It will not really be you speaking but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ²¹ "Brothers will give their own brothers to be killed, and fathers will give their own children to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and have them put to death. ²² All people will hate you because you follow me, but those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved. ²³ When you are treated badly in one city, run to another city. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. ²⁴ "A student is not better than his teacher, and a servant is not better than his master. ²⁵ A student should be satisfied to become like his teacher; a servant should be satisfied to become like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, then the other members of the family will be called worse names!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Mark 13:11-13, Luke 12:11, Luke 21:14, Luke 21:15

take: Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:31, Matthew 6:34, Philippians 4:6, James 1:5

it shall: Exodus 4:12, Exodus 4:15, Jeremiah 1:7, Jeremiah 1:9, Daniel 3:16-18, Acts 4:8-14, Acts 5:29-33, Acts 6:10, Acts 26:2-11, 2 Timothy 4:17

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:46 - speak Proverbs 16:1 - and Daniel 3:15 - we are Acts 2:4 - as 2 Corinthians 3:5 - but 2 Corinthians 12:9 - My grace

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
This is the family history of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah. After the flood these three men had sons.

Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Genesis 10:7
The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 10:8
Cush also had a descendant named Nimrod, who became a very powerful man on earth.

Genesis 10:10
At first Nimrod's kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.

Genesis 10:15
Canaan was the father of Sidon, his first son, and of Heth.

Genesis 10:17
Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

Genesis 10:18
Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. The families of the Canaanites scattered.

Genesis 10:21
Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had sons. One of his descendants was the father of all the sons of Eber.

Genesis 10:24
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But when they deliver you up,.... The apostles hearing that they should be delivered up to councils, and brought before governors and kings, might be under some concern how they should behave, and what they should be able to say in vindication of themselves and truth, before such great persons; they not being used to converse with men in such high stations: they were illiterate men, and of no elocution; men of mean birth, low life, most of them poor fishermen; and might fear, on these accounts, that the Gospel would suffer for want of able persons to defend it before the great ones of the earth. Now, in order to remove these their fears and objections, and to strengthen and comfort their minds, our Lord bids them, when this would be their ease, that the Jews would deliver them to the Roman magistrates, to

take no thought how, or what ye shall speak; not to be anxiously concerned, neither as to the matter, or manner of what they should say in their defence: they should have no occasion, as orators do, to take pains, and rack their thoughts, to prepare a studied, elaborate oration, dressed with all the flowers of rhetoric, filled with the most moving and powerful arguments, and clothed with diction of the strictest propriety and elegance; for they should want neither words, nor things; they should have arguments put into their mouths, and helped to proper language to express them in:

for it shall be given you in the same hour, what ye shall speak; immediate assistance should be afforded them either by his father, or himself; or rather, the blessed Spirit, who would suggest unto them, at once, things, the most proper to be said, and help them to deliver them in the most proper manner: and these are the most convincing arguments, and that the best elocution, which the Spirit of God helps men to; these vastly exceed all the art of men, and strength of nature. This was greatly verified in Peter and John, two poor fishermen, when before the council, and in Stephen the protomartyr.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take no thought - That is, be not anxious or unduly solicitous. See the notes at Matthew 6:25. This was a full promise that they should be inspired, and was a most seasonable consolation. Poor, and ignorant, and obscure fishermen would naturally be solicitous what they should say before the great men of the earth. Eastern people regarded kings as raised far above common mortals - as approaching to divinity. How consoling, then, the assurance that God would aid them and speak within them!

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 10:19. Take no thought how or what ye shall speak — μη μεριμνησετε - Be not anxiously careful, because such anxiety argues distrust in God, and infallibly produces a confused mind. In such a state, no person is fit to proclaim or vindicate the truth. This promise, It shall be given you, c., banishes all distrust and inquietude on dangerous occasions but without encouraging sloth and negligence, and without dispensing with the obligation we are under to prepare ourselves by the meditation of sacred truths, by the study of the Holy Scriptures, and by prayer.

It shall be given you in that same hour what — This clause is wanting in the MSS. D and L, and several others, some versions, and several of the fathers: but it is found in Mark 13:11, without any various reading; and in substance in Luke 11:13.