What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Parallel translations
- KJV What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
- BSB What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
- NKJV “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
- NASB What I tell you in the darkness, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim on the housetops.
- NLT What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
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Cross-references & the web
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- Acts 5:20“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”
- John 16:13However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
- John 16:1“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
- Prov 1:20–23Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
- Matt 13:34–35Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
- Luke 8:10He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
- Matt 13:1–17On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
- Prov 8:1–5Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
- John 16:29His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you speak plainly, and speak no figures of speech.
- Acts 5:28saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”
- 2 Cor 3:12Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
- Acts 17:17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
- John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
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