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Berean Standard Bible

“What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.”

Matthew 10:27

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Jesus is training the Twelve before sending them out, and he has just warned them that opposition is coming. In the same breath he tells them not to be afraid, because what is hidden now will not stay hidden.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

World English Bible (WEB)

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Lo que os digo en tinieblas, decidlo en la luz; y lo que oís al oído predicadlo desde los terrados.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Lo que les digo en la penumbra, proclámenlo a la luz del día; y lo que les susurro al oído, divúlguenlo desde las azoteas.

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