Matthew 10:26
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.
Webster's Revision
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
World English Bible
Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
Clarke's Matthew 10:26 Bible Commentary
Fear them not - A general direction to all the persecuted followers of Christ. Fear them not, for they can make you suffer nothing worse than they have made Christ suffer; and under all trials he has promised the most ample support.
For there is nothing covered, etc. - God sees every thing; this is consolation to the upright and dismay to the wicked; and he will bring into judgment every work, and every secret thing, whether good or bad, Ecclesiastes 12:14.
Barnes's Matthew 10:26 Bible Commentary
Fear them not ... - He encouraged them by the assurance that God would protect them. and that their truth and innocence should yet be vindicated. It is probable that the declaration, There is nothing covered, etc., was a proverb among the Jews. By it our Saviour meant that their "innocence," their "principles," and their "integrity," though then the world might not acknowledge them, in due time would be revealed, or God would vindicate them and the world would do them justice. They were, then, to be willing to be unknown, despised, persecuted for a time, with the assurance that their true characters would yet be understood and their sufferings appreciated.
Wesley's Matthew 10:26 Bible Commentary
10:26 Therefore fear them not - For ye have only the same usage with your Lord. There is nothing covered - So that however they may slander you now, your innocence will at length appear. Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17; 12:2.