Matthew 7:2

Matthew 7:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
• New International Version (NIV)For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

Context of Matthew 7:2

1“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use. 3Why do you look at the splinter in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the beam of wood in your own eye? 4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a beam of wood in your own eye?

Matthew 7:2 word by word

ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίματι κρίνετε, κριθήσεσθε· καὶ ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• judgmentκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917
• ye judgeκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• measureμέτρονmetron · measureG3358
• ye meteμετρέωmetreō · to measureG3354
• it shall be measuredἀντιμετρέωantimetreō · to returnG488
• to youσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for Matthew 7:2

• Judges 1:7Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
• Psalms 18:25With the faithful you prove yourself faithful, with the blameless you prove yourself blameless,
• Psalms 137:7Remember, Lord, what the Edomites said that day at Jerusalem: “Destroy it! Destroy it down to its foundations!”
• Jeremiah 51:24“Before your very eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the residents of Chaldea for all their evil they have done in Zion.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Obadiah 1:15For the day of the Lord is near, against all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; what you deserve will return on your own head.
• Mark 4:24And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured to you — and more will be added to you.
• Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure — pressed down, shaken together, and running over — will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
• 2 Corinthians 9:6The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you
• James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Revelation 18:6Pay her back the way she also paid, and double it according to her works. In the cup in which she mixed, mix a double portion for her.

Commentaries on Matthew 7:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For with what judgment - He who is severe on others will naturally excite their severity against himself. The censures and calumnies which we have suffered are probably the just reward of those which we have dealt out to others.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2With what judgment … - This was a proverb among the Jews. It expressed a truth; and Christ did not hesitate to adopt it as conveying his own sentiments. It refers no less to the way in which people will judge of us, than to the rule by which God will judge us. See 2 Samuel 22:27; Mark 4:24; James 2:13. Mete - Measure. You shall be judged by the same rule which you apply to others.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. For with what judgments ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete--whatever standard of judgment ye apply to others. it shall be measured to you again--This proverbial maxim is used by our Lord in other connections--as in Mr 4:24, and with a slightly different application in Lu 6:38--as a great principle in the divine administration. Unkind judgment of others will be judicially returned upon ourselves, in the day when God shall judge…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 7:2

• Charitableness
• Commandments
• Religion
• Retaliation
• Uncharitableness

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Commentaries on Matthew 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings