Acts 27:34

³² Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

³³ And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

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.

³⁵ And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

³⁶ Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.
BLB: Therefore I exhort you⁺ to take food, for this is for your⁺ preservation; for not one hair of your⁺ head will perish.”

ÅB: Derfor ber jeg dere ta føde til dere; dette hører med til deres redning; for det skal ikke falle et hår av hodet på noen iblant dere.
OTB: Nå oppfordrer jeg dere til å ta litt mat. Det er nødvendig for deres overlevelse. Ikke en eneste av dere vil miste et hår på hodet."
B1930: Derfor ber jeg eder ta føde til eder; dette hører med til eders redning; for det skal ikke falle et hår av hodet på nogen iblandt eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 10:30
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
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1 Kings 1:52
And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
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Luke 21:18
But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
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Mark 8:2–3
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
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Luke 12:7
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
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1 Timothy 5:23
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
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Philippians 2:5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
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Matthew 15:32
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
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