Luke 12:3
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Luke 12:3 in other translations
| BSB | What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops. |
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| WEB | Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. |
| ASV | Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. |
| YLT | because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops. |
| DARBY | therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. |
| BBE | So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops. |
| Webster | Therefore, whatever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops. |
What does Luke 12:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 12:1-3
Lu 12:1-12. Warning against Hypocrisy. 1-3. meantime--in close connection, probably, with the foregoing scene. Our Lord had been speaking out more plainly than ever before, as matters were coming to a head between Him and His enemies, and this seems to have suggested to His own mind the warning here. He had just Himself illustriously exemplified His own precepts. his disciples first of all--afterwards to "the…
Barnes' Notes
Verse 3. Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. Mt 20:27. 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 labours 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."
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 12:1-12
A firm belief of the doctrine of God's universal providence, and the extent of it, would satisfy us when in peril, and encourage us to trust God in the way of duty. Providence takes notice of the meanest creatures, even of the sparrows, and therefore of the smallest interests of the disciples of Christ. Those who confess Christ now, shall be owned by him in the great day, before the angels of God. To deter us from…
Luke 12:3 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 12:3
- Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
- Matthew 12:36
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12-13
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
- Job 24:14-15
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
- Jude 1:14-15
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 24:14,15; Ec 10:12,13,20; Mt 12:36; Jude 1:14,15
proclaimed.The houses in Judea being flat-roofed, with a balustrade round about, were used for the purpose of taking the air, sleeping, and prayer, and, it seems, for announcing things in the most public manner. So among the Turks, a crier announces the hours of public worship from the minaret or tower of the mosque.
housetops.
Mt 10:27
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Context
- Luke 12:2
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
- Luke 12:3
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- Luke 12:4
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Luke 12:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por tanto, las cosas que dijisteis en tinieblas, á la luz serán oídas; y lo que hablasteis al oído en las cámaras, será pregonado en los terrados. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est pourquoi toutes les choses que vous avez dites dans les ténèbres seront entendues dans la lumière, et ce dont vous avez parlé à l’oreille dans les chambres sera publié sur les toits. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | deswegen, soviel ihr in der Finsternis gesprochen haben werdet, wird im Lichte gehört werden, und was ihr ins Ohr gesprochen haben werdet in den Kammern, wird auf den Dächern ausgerufen werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quoniam quæ in tenebris dixistis, in lumine dicentur: et quod in aurem locuti estis in cubiculis, prædicabitur in tectis. |