Matthew 7:4

Matthew 7:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
• New International Version (NIV)How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?
• New Living Translation (NLT)How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?

Context of Matthew 7:4

2For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. 6“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

Matthew 7:4 word by word

ἢ πῶς ἐρεῖς τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου· ἄφες ἐκβάλω τὸ κάρφος ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ δοκὸς ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ σοῦ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Orἤē · orG2228
• howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• wilt thou sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• toὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• toἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• Letἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: permitG863
• me pull outἐκβάλλωekballō · to expelG1544
• the moteκάρφοςkarphos · speckG2595
• outἀπόapo · away fromG575
• ofὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• a beamδοκόςdokos · plankG1385
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Commentaries on Matthew 7:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Or how wilt thou say - That man is utterly unfit to show the way of life to others who is himself walking in the way of death.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5Jesus encourages his disciples to serve others instead of condemning them. The contrast of a speck (speck of dust, chip of wood) to a log in the eye is an exaggerated image meant to show the huge difference (see Matthew 5:29; 23:23–24; compare Micah 6:6–8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 7:4

• Charitableness
• Commandments
• Inconsistency
• Mote (a Speck)
• Religion
• Uncharitableness
• Way

In the dictionaries

• Ask
• Beam
• Descend
• Destruction
• Gather
• Judge
• Measure
• Mote
• None
• Profess

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