Acts 27:34

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.””

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BSBPD

“So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 27:34 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 1:52And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
  2. Matthew 10:30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
  3. Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
  4. Mark 8:2“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
  5. Luke 12:7And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
  6. Luke 21:18Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.
  7. Philippians 2:5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
  8. 1 Timothy 5:23Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

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