Luke Chapter 12 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 12:2

But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
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BBE Luke 12:2

But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.
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DARBY Luke 12:2

but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;
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KJV Luke 12:2

For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
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WEB Luke 12:2

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.
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YLT Luke 12:2

and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 2, 3. - For there is nothing covered, that shall not he revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light. The day would come when his estimate of this now popular teaching of the Pharisees would be found to have been correct. Its real nature, now hid, would be revealed and fully known and discredited; while, on the other hand, the words and teaching of his disciples, now listened to but by few, and those of seemingly little account, would become widely and generally known and listened to. Upon the housetops. These were flat, terrace-like roofs, and, the houses generally being low, one who spoke from them would easily be heard in the street beneath. "These words have a strong Syrian colouring. The Syrian house-top (in Matthew 10:27 and here) presents an image which has no sense in Asia Minor, or Greece, or Italy, or even at Antioch. The fiat roofs cease at the mouth of the Orontes; Antioch itself has sloping roofs" (Renan, 'Les Evangiles,' p. 262, note 1).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) For there is nothing covered.--More accurately, but there is nothing . . . The Greek conjunction cannot possibly have the meaning of "for," and the latter word suggests a logical connection which is different from that of the original. What our Lord seems to say is, "Beware ye of . . . hypocrisy . . .; but, whether ye beware or not, know that all that is now secret will one day be manifested." On the verse itself, see Note on Matthew 11:25. The connection in the two passages is, however, very different. There the underlying thought of a future day of revelation (see 1Corinthians 4:5) is made a motive to courage in proclaiming truths that had been received in secret; here as a motive to caution, lest we should be trusting in the counterfeits of truth and holiness. The force of the two Greek words would, perhaps, be better expressed by, There is nothing veiled that shall not be unveiled.