Matthew 7:10

Matthew 7:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
• New International Version (NIV)Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Context of Matthew 7:10

8For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. 9Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone; and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent? 11If therefore ye, being wicked, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him? 12Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do ye also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew 7:10 word by word

ἢ καὶ ἰχθὺν αἰτήσει, μὴ ὄφιν ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ;Read the interlinear

• askαἰτέωaiteō · to askG154
• fishἰχθύςichthus · fishG2486
• giveἐπιδίδωμιepididōmi · to give/deliverG1929
• serpentὄφιςophis · snakeG3789

Commentaries on Matthew 7:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 Ask, and it shall be given you … - There are here three different forms presented of seeking the things which we need from God - asking, seeking, and knocking. The latter is taken from the act of knocking at a door for admittance. See Luke 13:25; Revelation 3:20. The phrases signify to seek with earnestness, diligence, and perseverance. The promise is, that what we seek shall be given us. It is of course implied that we seek with a proper…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 Prayer is the appointed means for obtaining what we need. Pray; pray often; make a business of prayer, and be serious and earnest in it. Ask, as a beggar asks alms. Ask, as a traveller asks the way. Seek, as for a thing of value that we have lost; or as the merchantman that seeks goodly pearls. Knock, as he that desires to enter into the house knocks at the door. Sin has shut and barred the door against us; by prayer we knock. Whatever you…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?--like it, indeed, but only to sting him.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 7:10

• Commandments
• Food
• Penitent
• Prayer
• Religion
• Seekers
• Serpent

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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