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

8Everyone who asks for something will receive it. Everyone who looks for something will find it. God will open the door for everyone who knocks on it. 9Some of you are fathers. If your son asks you for some bread, you would not give him a stone. If he asks you for a fish, you would not give him a snake. 11You may be bad, but even you know how to give good things to your children. Your Father in heaven knows much better than you do how to give good things to his children. He will give good things to everyone who asks him. 12So do the good things for other people that you would want them to do for you. That is true in everything you do. That is what God's Law and the messages of God's prophets teach us.’

Matthew 7:10 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Orκαίkai · andG2532
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• he askαἰτέωaiteō · to askG154
• a fishἰχθύςichthus · fishG2486
• will he giveἐπιδίδωμιepididōmi · to give/deliverG1929
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• a 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