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 will not be judged. For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. 3Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? 4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?

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 thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
• Psalms 18:25You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.
• Psalms 137:7Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”
• Jeremiah 51:24“But I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wicked things they did in Zion right before the eyes of you Judeans,” says the Lord.
• Obadiah 1:15“For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.
• Mark 4:24And he said to them, “Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.
• Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”
• 2 Corinthians 9:6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
• James 2:13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Revelation 18:6Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount 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